My shiny new Hope Tech 3s have just turned up and in the instructions it says "your Shimano i spec or i spec B will bolt straight to the lever using the nut amd bolt provided with your shifter". I can't see how, there's a hole for the nut but no hole for the threaded locking pin so the nut just falls out.
Help!
might depends on shifter?
I-spec a fits straight on, you need a different nut and bolt for I-spec b, think I got mine from merlin. The new I-spec II needs a completely different adapter.
So they're lying then. The bit is only 2 quid but now I can't use the brakes until I get another bit, would have been handy to know that beforehand
To be fair to Hope, shimano did used to supply both ispec A and B hardware with their shifters, certainly when I got my first one about a year ago they did. Recently they now only provide ispec B and you have to buy ispec A hardware separately. At least the hope problem solvers are considerably cheaper than buying ispec A from shimano.
Ah fair enough then, thanks for the info guys
I used some of these (M5 versions) along with some M5 button head machine screws. Filed flats on the head of the nut so it would fit in the brake lever and shortened them a little.
Use the bolts that hold on the shimano brakes on and go to screwfix and get a pack of these http://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-roofing-bolts-bright-zinc-plated-m5-x-50mm-10-pack/8754j for the 5mm square nut or any 5mm (M5) square nut if you can find locally.
Was about to get something like those roofing nuts, went to measure the internal slot in the lever, 8mm a standard M5 hex nut is for an 8mm wrench so just dropped a standard m5 nut in, job done!
I'll get the proper bit as the threaded sleeve makes it much stiffer but this'll do fine in the meantime
It wont add much stiffness, it's more about making it easy to fit together. The Hope ISPEC II adapter uses a simple square nut and once it's all tight and clamped up it's not going anywhere. Be careful with the length of screw you use as you don't want to dig into your bars.
To be fair it is pretty tight and it's not moving so all good.
I did have to cut the bolts down to clear the bar
