Bent rear brake lever

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  1. rocketscientist

    rocketscientist New Member

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    Anybody know how to straighten a bent rear brake lever without breaking it?

    Thanks
     
  2. crustyrider

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    welllll you can try slowly bending , maybe try a little tiny amount of heat..........
     
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    I wrote an entire page about my endevours to straighten my bent brake pedal.
    After posting it, I realized you are asking about the lever and not the pedal.
    Figured I would still bump your thread, even if we are working on two seperate things.
    :bump:
     
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    Thanks, I was actually asking about the pedal/lever on the footpegs not the handle bars. Guess I should use the search function :redface:
     
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    I took mine off the bike, and TOE CUTTER put it in a vice and just bent it using a cheater bar. I thought it might have to get heated up, and I was worried it might snap or get weak, but he just slowly bent it back within a minute or so. Good as new ( except all my chrome plating was wrinkled and falling off from the original fall that bent it in the first place ).
    It is going to cost me about 60-80 to get it re chromed. If my foot controls were stock ( I am assuming yours are ) I wouldn't have to worry about that, but mine are chrome , aftermarket and impossible to find. I want them to match again, so I am going to have to pay to have the pedal re chromed. If yours is steel like mine, you should just be able to bend it back using a vise ( taking care to grip it somewhere that wont leave teethmarks ).
    Good luck.
     
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    what..... you didn't have the arm strength to bend it yourself......

    good to now I think........
     
  7. TOE CUTTER

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    Krispy has the single most custom brake lever in history. A picture is in order , post it up .
     
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    Nope, that's his clutch lever, still awesome though
     
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    take 2 adjustable cresent wrenches/adjust one to the brake pedal where you want to bend it..use the other one around the first cresent wrench to bend first cresent wrench in desired position. Kinda confusing typing it. Old racers trick. If it works send a thank you. Ride like ur invisible/
     
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    I don't have a bench vice.
    I have plenty of vices, but no bench vice. :smile:
     
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    I know this is not the right way to do it but I put a 2 foot length of 2" ABS pipe over the brake lever to the point where the slight bend was (slight) and GENTLY and SLOWLY moved it in the direction it needed to go. Worked out perfect.
     
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    I warmed mine up with a torch (while on the bike) while simultaneously aplying moderate pressure and when the aluminum got to the right temp you can feel it yeild, stop heating of course when it starts to move, and put it where it needs to be. Takes just a few seconds, mine never broke.
     
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