Removing Dura Ace handle bars
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Removing Dura Ace handle bars
It doesn't look like it takes a hex head wrench and the bolt doesn't go straight down the
head tube like my other bikes .It's at an angle.
head tube like my other bikes .It's at an angle.
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sounds like your dura-ace AX again (case you have not guessed the AX group with all of it's aero design is an odd duck)
it seems they have and internal clamp..
guessing that you pop the dust cap and use long 6mm hex thru the stem to a bolt
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VeloBase.com - Component: Shimano HS-7300, Dura-Ace AX
came with a long 6mm allen key as clamping of both the bars and quill were performed internally.
The quill clamp bolt has 2 different threads so the tapered wedge was tightened or loosened depending which way it was turned and did not require hitting with a hammer to release. I know of 9,10,11,12, & 13cm. Shorter may have been made...
it seems they have and internal clamp..
guessing that you pop the dust cap and use long 6mm hex thru the stem to a bolt
Velo base is your friend
VeloBase.com - Component: Shimano HS-7300, Dura-Ace AX
came with a long 6mm allen key as clamping of both the bars and quill were performed internally.
The quill clamp bolt has 2 different threads so the tapered wedge was tightened or loosened depending which way it was turned and did not require hitting with a hammer to release. I know of 9,10,11,12, & 13cm. Shorter may have been made...
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sounds like your dura-ace AX again (case you have not guessed the AX group with all of it's aero design is an odd duck)
it seems they have and internal clamp..
guessing that you pop the dust cap and use long 6mm hex thru the stem to a bolt
Velo base is your friend
VeloBase.com - Component: Shimano HS-7300, Dura-Ace AX
came with a long 6mm allen key as clamping of both the bars and quill were performed internally.
The quill clamp bolt has 2 different threads so the tapered wedge was tightened or loosened depending which way it was turned and did not require hitting with a hammer to release. I know of 9,10,11,12, & 13cm. Shorter may have been made...
it seems they have and internal clamp..
guessing that you pop the dust cap and use long 6mm hex thru the stem to a bolt
Velo base is your friend
VeloBase.com - Component: Shimano HS-7300, Dura-Ace AX
came with a long 6mm allen key as clamping of both the bars and quill were performed internally.
The quill clamp bolt has 2 different threads so the tapered wedge was tightened or loosened depending which way it was turned and did not require hitting with a hammer to release. I know of 9,10,11,12, & 13cm. Shorter may have been made...
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again no hands on i just found these because i saw them a while back when looking up same period not ax dura-ace
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my best guess is yes that is the dust cap there was a comment in the velobase suggesting that comment: "hi i'm looking for Replacment for Dura Ace AX aero stem metal dust cap Alloy, anyone could say me where to find it?"
again no hands on i just found these because i saw them a while back when looking up same period not ax dura-ace
again no hands on i just found these because i saw them a while back when looking up same period not ax dura-ace
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Maybe you should strip it down to the frame & rebuild with more common components ..
Probably why the seller got rid of it, maybe bought and flipped it.. promptly..
Probably why the seller got rid of it, maybe bought and flipped it.. promptly..
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the seller didn't know much about what he had. I paid $190 for it and he found it
at a thrift store for $20
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I think its angled because its just a cap.. unscrewing it, lets you access the handle bar clamp bolt forward
and the quill wedge bolt downward, , 2 separate things...
and the quill wedge bolt downward, , 2 separate things...
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Dura Ace AX stuff was only made for about three years. Thus it's fairly rare to see new old stock parts for it and that increases the prices of those parts.
Btw, the spindle of the bottom bracket is NOT compatible with a lot of newer stuff. Here's a reply I got about that about five years ago.
"The taper is the same. The sections of that taper are different.
All quality spindles from the first aluminum square tyaper
systems in the 1930s shared one format, rightmost here:
https://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/3SPINDLE.JPG
Your Dura Ace FC7300 takes that style and fortunately
interchanges with classic Record/N.Record 1960 though 1986
which is an asymmetric spindle (as are most classic designs).
Compatible sealed units are Phil Wood #2 , Stronglight sealed
Piste, Mavic (model? 1980s) and others, not by Shimano nor
Campagnolo."
Good luck and cheers