Jerry,You might consider a pair of "P Clamps" for the fender stay attachm
ent. Not quite as elegant as the DO, but a decent and functional temporar
y fix until you get an eyelet re-brazed. They are available through Velo O
range.Matthew BowneBrooklyn, NY> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:59:37 -0800>
From: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org; fatti
cbicycles@qtm.net> Subject: [CR] Help!!!! Broken DO eyelet> > Anyone know
a repair for a broken eyelet, short of rebrazing the eyelet or even repla
cing the DO? Returning from the post office just now on my new Bates, I
heard a snap at the back of the bike and discovered one of the two eyelets
on the rear drive side DO had broken off from the DO. This eyelet secured
the fender stay for the rather hefty Weinmann rear mudguard.> This is rathe
r disappointing, as the frame, despite three years in storage, was ne
arly new in terms of having seen few miles.> > Doug Fattic had commented to
me in the past that additional eyelets brazed onto a DO are sometimes of r
ather marginal strength. Is it common for two-eyelet DO's to have the seco
nd eyelet just brazed on, rather than forged as part of the DO?> > Aside
from the cost of having the eyelet rebraised or the DO replaced, it would
be a royal pain to have to disassemble a fully configured touring bike lik
e this then build it up again after the frame repair. And the DO is chrome
d, so the repair or replacement would have to be chromed. Is there any s
ort of adhesive available that might have a decent chance of reattaching th
e eyelet to avoid sending the frame off for repair?> > Regards,> > Jerry
Moos> Big Spring, Texas, USA> > > > > > > > ___________________________