I usually have a nickel (with a few, round dents already in it) somewhere on one of my work stands for when I need to do this. Dime is too thin, a penny too soft and a quarter is too valuable! David in Berkeley
On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 4:27:32 PM UTC-8 Andrew Letton wrote: > Hi Brian, > > If your stem has a tapped hole for the clamp bolt (as many steel stems > have, rather than a loose nut like many aluminum Nittos) you can use this > method: > > Helpful tip: Take the pinch bolt out. Insert a coin in the slot between > the clamp area. Thread the bolt in from the back side. Tighten it against > the coin. It will force the clamp open and it will stay that way during > your install. > > (I copied this from the net, rather than type up my own description.) > > HTH, > Andrew in Sydney > > > On Friday, January 27, 2023 at 09:27:40 AM GMT+11, Brian Forsee < > bmfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've got some towel rack drop bars on the way to me that will be going on > my newly acquired AHH. I was planning on picking up one of the tools nitto > makes specifically for spreading single-bolt stems but Crust was out of > stock. I've installed plenty of bars using the ole flat head method, which > always works, but i usually end up with a scratch or two. Anybody got any > good alternative methods I'm not thinking of? > > Thanks! > -Brian > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5c0faf64-025c-47fb-bbfe-0643e79519cbn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5c0faf64-025c-47fb-bbfe-0643e79519cbn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9530ae7a-61d2-4c63-ab0b-51fd80ec4783n%40googlegroups.com.
