Mafac Racer levers
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Mafac Racer levers
My Mafac Racer brake levers are scratched, so I bought a new set. Is it possible to just replace the levers only so I don't have to remove the original bar tape and swap the whole assembly?
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Remove the brake cable, drive out the pin that the brake lever pivots on (probably not realy designed to be removed but if you insist you can do it), put in the new brake lever, reset the pin, and reinstall the cable. Of course you might scratch things driving out the pin, but hey, taking a shortcut always works out well.
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Remove the brake cable, drive out the pin that the brake lever pivots on (probably not realy designed to be removed but if you insist you can do it), put in the new brake lever, reset the pin, and reinstall the cable. Of course you might scratch things driving out the pin, but hey, taking a shortcut always works out well.
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You don't have to remove the bar tape if you remove the old brake levers but leave their clamp bands in place. Loosen the holding bolt completely and pull the levers off the front. Replace them with the new levers and reuse the older clamp bands which should be identical to the new ones.
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You don't have to remove the bar tape if you remove the old brake levers but leave their clamp bands in place. Loosen the holding bolt completely and pull the levers off the front. Replace them with the new levers and reuse the older clamp bands which should be identical to the new ones.
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You don't have to remove the bar tape if you remove the old brake levers but leave their clamp bands in place. Loosen the holding bolt completely and pull the levers off the front. Replace them with the new levers and reuse the older clamp bands which should be identical to the new ones.
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You don't have to remove the bar tape if you remove the old brake levers but leave their clamp bands in place. Loosen the holding bolt completely and pull the levers off the front. Replace them with the new levers and reuse the older clamp bands which should be identical to the new ones.
If we're talking about the 1970s lever version the half hood, with it's metal tang that gets sandwiched under the upper portion of the body and the bar, routing the tape over this end of the hood was a nice touch. Andy
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Looks real good. Glad you didn't have to drive out the pin holding the lever to the body, but could replace the whole body. Amazed you could find NOS levers.
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They were mounted on some Cinelli Giro d'italia handlebars I bought. The Cinelli is now on my IronMan. The Mafacs had full black hoods from Cane Creek, and looked very nice, but I wanted the original half hoods on the Crescent to keep it original.
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