Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2021 8:53 am |
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If you cannot find any pull release bellcranks, the cranks are the easiest things to make. The material is easy to source and functional cranks may be made with a hacksaw, a vise, a file, a hand drill, a tap for the set screw and the tool for handling the retainer clips for the swivels. Made this way, the cranks will be the thickness of the hub everywhere except where the You may use Emmons swivels, which are available in abundance.
More exact copies may be made with a mill.
Nicer looking cranks may be made with a lathe so that the mounting hub is made round rather than square. This is how I made dozens over the years.
If you need Marlen knee levers, I have several early Marlen knees and some related parts. Send me a photo of the knees you are trying to match. If the are the later knees that look much like Emmons knees except the knee lever arm has a pivot with a female slot rather than a male, I only have one which I keep as a pattern. If it is the earlier lever design with the pointed pivot, I have those. I may have others too. I forget all that is in the parts piles.
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Chris Lucker
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