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Constable_Savage
withered_preacher
I want a good quality enclosed cam qr for my seat. Actually I want 2.
I've bought 1 used Avenir and 1 new Vavert one and they are both a bit sub-par. The Avenir is worn and the Vavert is poorly made. Neither of them work anything like as nicely as a Shimano wheel skewer.
I'm thinking I could take a Shimano wheel skewer and cut it down and tap thread on it.
Google tells me that skewer threads are normally rolled rather than cut but I'm not sure whether that's for a functional reason or for ease/cost of manufacture.
Should I just buy a tap and go for it or is there some reason this just isn't gong to work?