Marcus Chapman Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 So basically I'm fed up of the top clamp always squishing up and not being able to give much brake set up ability, so I'm wondering whether it is fine to use the bottoms of echo tr clamps as tops as well, as I have many sets of echo clamps which are squished at the top but not at the bottoms , I have already realised that need slightly longer bolts which I have sorted, but wondering if there is any other problems with this set up of running 2 bottom clamps as a top and bottom, Thank you Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Won't be a problem id imagine. Run a washer beneath the bolt and it shouldn't deform the lower half you're using as the upper as easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZArgrave Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Stop being a rough sod haha they don't need to be tight at all haven't got any squashed in my multiple sets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Chapman Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Won't be a problem id imagine. Run a washer beneath the bolt and it shouldn't deform the lower half you're using as the upper as easily I was thinking a about that, but as the bottoms are a lot stronger I don't think it's needed as much and looks better with out! cheers for answering quickly Stop being a rough sod haha they don't need to be tight at all haven't got any squashed in my multiple sets I have multiple sets of squished clamps so I had to make some use out of them ! Going to stop over tightening stuff haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gage-mann Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 File the bent top clamps till the anodizing is all filed and silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Going to stop over tightening stuff haha This. I found 4Nm (w/o grease) to be more than sufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Chapman Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 File the bent top clamps till the anodizing is all filed and silver. I've done this before actually with some clamps, but these are so squished that the bolt has pretty much gone all the way through This. I found 4Nm (w/o grease) to be more than sufficient. Thank you, I'll do tighten them up to that torque in the future ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gage-mann Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Ohh that's really over tightening them then aha brute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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