Ti brake bosses

[tintin40]

Just put an old seatpost on the end of your spanner and force them in tintin.........go on......I know you want too

With my office worker arms you must be joking Will do it correctly

 

[WD Pro]

I think it is just a simple case of the wrong thread pitch A) don't force the wrong one in and B) don't retap the forks.

Take the right one to a nut n bolt supplier or a engineer, get them to identify the thread and then buy the right size Ti bosses you might need to run a correctly sized tap down the thread - you may have damaged / distorted it by screwing in the wrong boss :? My airborne frame had someone try the same :-( the fix is dead easy though - blue peter style instructions / pics on my build thread

WD

 

[Dr S]

Hurrah for chinese Ti brake bosses. I fitted some to my Fat Ti earlier this year. They both sheared clean off the first time i used the brakes. Not cool when you live at the bottom of a big hill.

Bin them.

 

[Tazio]

I'm all for a bit of internationalism but some of the guff coming out of China just now is downright dangerous. And I don't just mean bike stuff but across a lot of industries.

 

[tintin40]

Hurrah for chinese Ti brake bosses. I fitted some to my Fat Ti earlier this year. They both sheared clean off the first time i used the brakes. Not cool when you live at the bottom of a big hill.

Bin them.

I've been very lucky in my cycling history when riding lightweight parts never had a problem even with poorly built wheels. Perhaps it's my riding style etc.

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

One good long f@rt before you get on your bike Tony and you will save as much weight as you will with those bosses.

 

[Dr S]

Hurrah for chinese Ti brake bosses. I fitted some to my Fat Ti earlier this year. They both sheared clean off the first time i used the brakes. Not cool when you live at the bottom of a big hill.

Bin them.

I've been very lucky in my cycling history when riding lightweight parts never had a problem even with poorly built wheels. Perhaps it's my riding style etc.

Even a 90 year old Nun will break those, no matter how easy you ride. I broke my mounts braking at the pavement edge before i even got away from the house. Save yourself a couple of grands worth of dentistry instead of 30gram Tony?

You have been warned!!

 

[tintin40]

Save yourself a couple of grands worth of dentistry instead of 30gram Tony?

You have been warned!!

Warning noted from the good Dr S

 

[tintin40]

They both look the same size but it looks like a different thread on the Ti one, and a longer threaded section. Not sure what the thread could be as they are both metric.

I presume that they are both probably M10x1.25, but how do you know that they're both metric - the steel one could be 3/8" x 20TPI (unlikely, I know).

Thirty seconds with a micrometer and a thread gauge would answer that, of course.
What are the steel posts from, as a matter of interest?

I contacted the fork seller and they said the bosses are M10 1.0 so ordered 2 pairs from Torontocycles.

Thanks for your help & advice good people

 

[Tazio]

Bet you're nervous the first time you brake hard though