How to fix cracked Campagnolo record lever body?
09-01-21, 01:08 PM
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How to fix cracked Campagnolo record lever body?
Hi all,
I was inspecting a brake lever I bought and saw that the lever body had a crack and a chip where the clamp and the body meet the handlebars. Since it was already far gone I pressed it back and the piece snapped from the lever body. Question is now what to do about it? It's small enough where the lever might still clamp to the bars but I'd probably feel the void under the hood. Should I epoxy the piece back on and build up the missing chip, or just rebuild the whole area with epoxy? Any other suggestions welcome.
I was inspecting a brake lever I bought and saw that the lever body had a crack and a chip where the clamp and the body meet the handlebars. Since it was already far gone I pressed it back and the piece snapped from the lever body. Question is now what to do about it? It's small enough where the lever might still clamp to the bars but I'd probably feel the void under the hood. Should I epoxy the piece back on and build up the missing chip, or just rebuild the whole area with epoxy? Any other suggestions welcome.
09-01-21, 04:22 PM
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There is one available on flea Bay right now about $20 Smiles, MH
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There a lot of these hoodless Campy levers on many of our shelves. I have at least 2 pairs... Andy
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09-01-21, 06:05 PM
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that's trashed imo. better to grab the ones off peebay.
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prudent drilling and pinning (think paperclip diameter) with epoxy would probably make it serviceable for a time, but a replacement is available reasonable that would be the ticket.
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