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Today, I'm fiddling with a pair of broken Reverbs, and early on, have hit a problem with one of them. Specifically this step:
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The lockring just will not budge, and it's getting to the point of starting to round the lower hex flats. So far we've tried:
- Heat gun on lock ring.
- Carefully clamping the lower hex flats in a vice.
No joy. I'm probably going to send it away, but on the off chance: Anyone else here hit this problem and solved it?
Do you have any tools that'll contact more of the faces? I got one of mine used and one of hte bolts already had some damaged faces, so I got a crows foot for that one to spread the load.
Thanks, might give that a go. I think the smallest crowfoot have atm is 12mm though! 👿
I've found a pair of knippex pliers wrench, used correctly so as you apply pressure they grip tighter, to be excellent for reverb disassembly as they give a good tight grip on flats. Not for this particular job mind, mostly got mine for the shallow 23mm (IIRC) at the bottom of the inner.
Thanks. It'd have to be the pliers, turns out I do have an 11mm crowfoot, but the jaws are too narrow to fit over the shaft 😀
I got one stripped but the IFP seems to be stuck all the way down inside the upper post, making it impossible to remove with zipties as shown in the SRAM video. TBH, after today I'll be sticking to KS Levs, as they're much less of a pain in the ass to work on.
I mean these:
http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=1216&page=group_detail&groupID=1500
If you're not familiar - the cam action and parallel smooth jaws is what makes them a winner.
I thought it'd be the flat jawed ones, and I didn't exactly want to get the molgrips out! Cheers 🙂
I got one of the posts done and bled, no sag. I do hate servicing the internals of these compared to Levs, but at least bleeding Reverbs is oddly enjoyable and straightforward.