to tap or not to tap
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:19 pmPage 1 of 1
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:19 pmPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:55 amHa. We're not even allowed to do that anymore at the shop. We basically lost a $500 tool to a $150 frame. Seemed like a bad deal at the time. It's a pain in the ass even when everything goes smoothly. If the frame isn't worth a Phil, it's probably not worth rethreading either.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:29 amagreed.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:42 amAaron retapped my Raleigh Reliant when I built it out this fall.
Quality tools + skilled mechanic = no sweat.
What's the worse that could happen, your frame which currently is unacceptably shitty gets ruined? Pay someone else to do it, so they have to replace their own broken tool if they fuck it up.
Quality tools + skilled mechanic = no sweat.
What's the worse that could happen, your frame which currently is unacceptably shitty gets ruined? Pay someone else to do it, so they have to replace their own broken tool if they fuck it up.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:41 pmWe've run our English taps through old Raleigh bottom brackets several times at 20/20. Seems to work great.
I have a couple of friends with old Raleigh Twenties. We did the re-tapping operation to one of them after cutting off part of the bottom bracket shell (with a hacksaw!) to bring it down to 68mm. Worked great.
Colin
I have a couple of friends with old Raleigh Twenties. We did the re-tapping operation to one of them after cutting off part of the bottom bracket shell (with a hacksaw!) to bring it down to 68mm. Worked great.
Colin
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:24 amPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:26 amPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:52 amWhatever, Lee. I'm drunk and surly!
At least it's not aluminum...
At least it's not aluminum...