04-07-2018, 01:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-07-2018, 01:41 AM by squeak.
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When viewed as in your last photo; if the pendant section of your front lever was given a slight twist so that the ball presents at 90 degrees to the cable (when steering straight ahead) ,you'd eliminate the necking and save yourself a lot of filing. That said removing the 'step' next to the ball has fatigue merit.
This also will bring the endcap a tad further away from the backing plate and the levers are of course left and right handed.
I have seen many so modified and they can't have been from panic stops so is this recommended practice?
Others have mentioned the importance of eliminating lost motion from the lever onward, so that the pendant portion can be closer to vertical at rest and then 90 degrees to the cable at full braking. cheers Russell
This also will bring the endcap a tad further away from the backing plate and the levers are of course left and right handed.
I have seen many so modified and they can't have been from panic stops so is this recommended practice?
Others have mentioned the importance of eliminating lost motion from the lever onward, so that the pendant portion can be closer to vertical at rest and then 90 degrees to the cable at full braking. cheers Russell