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Re: Bending hinge pins

Subject: Re: Bending hinge pins
From: Terry Seaver <terrys@cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 11:40:33
Hi Jeremy,

we replaced our hinge pins with teflon
tubing and 1/16" stainless wire, which
can be bent with needle nose pliers.
This arrangement gets rid of slop
and is self lubricating.

regards,
Terry Seaver


jeremycrdavey@btinternet.com wrote:

> Has anyone out there got a neat trick for bending the hinge pins? They're so
> stiff I'm rather nervous of bending or damaging the hinge as well, and the 
> only
> tool I've found that makes any impact on the pins is a large hammer.
>
> Regards,
> Jeremy
>
> Jeremy Davey
> Europa XS monowheel 537M
>



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