Monday, June 17, 2019

Repairing the Front Brake and Derailleur -- Part 7 (filing, sanding and polishing the metal cover for the LH brake lever)

This is what the damage looked like before starting the repair...

Filed the scratches first


Started sanding the scratched area with very fine sand paper.  Don't want to get into the non-damaged areas & don't want to sand off the labeling.


Still sanding...


Started the polishing


After the polishing (using very fine steel wool).


This is what it looks like under the metal cover.




metal cover installed (one very small Phillips screw)


Looks pretty good


Unless you look closely, the damage is nearly imperceptible.



This is what the damaged one on the original brake lever looks like.  It's pretty much beyond repair...



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