So this "friend" of mine was installing a Burley Moose Rack on "his" Hilsen. Like the good son of any 8 year Marine Corps veteran had been taught, he "snugged those bolts down good and tight!" In the process, shearing the threads right off of the eyelet.
My "friend" is resourceful and has a tap & die set. He first tried cleaning up the eyelet with a 5mm tap but it was clear the threads were gone. Not worry, he used a fresh 6mm tap, some cutting fluid and the job was complete. Rack installed. Safety now abounds The question my "friend" had was whether to just leave the rear drive side, top ,eyelet at 6mm and all of the others at 5mm or now re-tap everything on the frame, except the seat post bolt, to 6mm for uniformity? Is "he" crazy, obsessive, just a pseudo-engineer or do you think there is any merit to making the change of all of the mounting points to 6mm? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
