Anybody drilled there old fork to fit a new size brake

Got a nice old frame with the weiman old style brakes I want to fit a front modern brake with the alan key type screw and the only way around this seems to be the drill or is there another way cheers

i've done it. It worked just fine

you should only have to drill the rear to accept the bigger bolt.

Yeah I did this to elguapo's forks, as 31trum said you only need to drill the rear though. One thing to mention is that it is hard stuff, I wouldn't want to tackle the job with a hand held drill or anything without shit loads of grunt.

Yep, done it. Piece of piss, just need a metal drill a steady hand and a file if you want to tidy it up after. Just drill the back hole as Mr Murts says.

Eh moog ? I did it in about 30 seconds with a drill bit in a hand held screwdriver, no probs.

Will obviously depend on what your forks are like and how big the original hole is but it was pretty easy going.

Just drill the back hole as Mr Murts says.

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I heard he was an expert at that

Maybe the forks I drilled weren't the norm then. I took an 6mm hole up to 8mm then 8.5mm and it was hard work with a pillar drill. Didn't use any coolant or cutting compound but still, I really wasn't expecting it to be that tough.

Strange that, I just plowed straight in and drilled up to 8mm from 6mm. No lube or anything.

just the way i like it

I would say just get your Bosch out and have a pop. A vice might be useful though.

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I would say just get your Bosch out and have a pop. A vice might be useful though.

It may will be i can nip it round the corner to my mate that has a Garage by the way I will be sticking the B17 in the post when my other saddle arrives chek this out may be up your street.

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kingcutter what the fuck are you banging on about you need to use some punctuation see how hard it is to read this only joking mate no offence I'll do a saddle for you mmm I'm hungry wonder whats for lunch.

I did it on an old pugeout a couple of weeks back. had to do front and rear, but was pretty easy with a decent handheld drill.

word of advice though - wear eye protection, the little bits of metal that fly off could do some right old damage.

kingcutter what the fuck are you banging on about you need to use some punctuation see how hard it is to read this only joking mate no offence I'll do a saddle for you mmm I'm hungry wonder whats for lunch.

That was a bit pissed,it's this new fooking note book not got my grammer check on yet lol.

Yeah I did this to elguapo's forks, as 31trum said you only need to drill the rear though. One thing to mention is that it is hard stuff, I wouldn't want to tackle the job with a hand held drill or anything without shit loads of grunt.

Don't some old frames use steel with quite a lot of carbon? Heard that's why they can be hard as fuck to drill.

Happy days all done, piece of piss thanks for the help.