I've tried liquid wrench, WD-40, and then I soaked then for a week in Oxalic Acid - nothing is going to get them going without destroying them in the process...
However - after i buy the replacements- if you want these, I'd be happy to drop them by next time I'm in Brooklyn...
thanks
Rob Gougahry
Stamford, CT USA
> From: Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [CR] WTB - Campy NRecord Brake adjusters
> To: goughary@yahoo.com, "CR discussion list" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 9:48 AM
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> Rob,
> Before ya give up on the old rusted barrel adjusters, you
> might try soaking them in a shot glass full of WD-40 for a
> day, them hitting them with a wire brush/0000 steel wool,
> etc.
> I have salvaged a couple of these by doing this and then
> carefully getting the adjusters to spin again...
>
> Matthew Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York
>
> > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:42:20 -0800
> > From: goughary@yahoo.com
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: [CR] WTB - Campy NRecord Brake adjusters
> >
> >
> > The brake adjusters on my seventies Nuovo Record
> brakes are rusted solid. And I'm trying to save as many
> of the original parts on this colnago as I can. I need a
> front and rear set of adjusters as a replacement.
> >
> > Any out there? I have the o-rings, so I just need the
> adjusters...slight rust is fine, they shouldn't be NOS.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rob Gougahry
> > Stamford, CT USA
> >
> >
> >
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