Solution to Drilling Rear Brake Mount

Posted on Thu 26th, November 2015

• #1

atomicfleck
After researching possible solutions to drilling the back brake mount to accept an 8mm recessed screw, I discovered a nifty tool that gets the job done in a matter of minutes cleanly and without the use of files or having to reverse your brake / get a different brand brake etc.

Tools required:

*Electric Drill

*Angle Driver (I ordered mine from Just Off Base at this link: http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Angle-Driver-Sealey-AK2104)

*8mm drill bit with hex end (ordered a Bosch from cyberspace, about £4)

The driver with the bit were about 1cm too deep for my frame, so I cut off this amount from the hex end of the drill to accomodate.

The rest is pretty self explanatory and took 5 minutes tops.

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• #2

rive_gauche

nice job

pic of bike / frame?
• #3

atomicfleck
Thanks. Here's a photo of the bike pre brake install:

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• #4

lovelydrop

fucking amazing, clever young man!
• #5

Scilly.Suffolk

Nifty, but keeping the drill square can't have been easy: how straight does the brake sit?
• #6

atomicfleck

Sits dead straight. The angle of the bit would have been off if I hadn't trimmed the hex end of the bit down.

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