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carwiz · May 18, 2010

what?

In case the image doesn't work, it is a picture of the Dave Taylor head steady that RGM just shipped me.

Is there some obvious thing I'm missing? The clamp is not cut in half, which I suppose now I'll have to do
Is this normal :?:

aside from that, I was surprised and impressed with the speed and frugality of this buy. Cost me a total of $150 shipped to the west coast and arrived within 4 days of my order!

swooshdave · May 18, 2010

Now you know why it was such a good deal...

rbt11548 · May 19, 2010

carwiz said:
what?

In case the image doesn't work, it is a picture of the Dave Taylor head steady that RGM just shipped me.

Is there some obvious thing I'm missing? The clamp is not cut in half, which I suppose now I'll have to do
Is this normal :?:

!

When I got mine I also looked at it and said, " this hasn't been cut", no matter how closely I looked I couldn't see a separation line, however when I took the allens out on either side the top and bottom halves separated!
It just seems to be a very, very clean cut.
Then again you may be correct, but try and take the bolts out first.
Robert

ntst8 · May 19, 2010

rbt11548 said:
When I got mine I also looked at it and said, " this hasn't been cut", no matter how closely I looked I couldn't see a separation line, however when I took the allens out on either side the top and bottom halves separated!
It just seems to be a very, very clean cut. Then again you may be correct, but try and take the bolts out first. Robert

Same here, quite a relief when the two parts came apart.
Depending on your frame the clamp may or may not be a tight fit, mine wasn't. I had to rub one of the mating faces on a fine wet and dry paper until the clamp would live up to its name.

mei-lwun · May 19, 2010

same here. wonderful machine work. i thought the exact same thing. then felt silly.

grandpaul · May 19, 2010

Dang, I sure messed up!

I had to cut my frame tube, slip on the new clamp with some beer can shim and then re-weld the frame tube. Since the top tube was in the way, i cut out a section to give me clearance, then had to weld it back, too!

hee hee

Don't ask me how they get such a clean cut, it appears as though the surrounding material mates perfectly, as though the blade used to cut it is microsopically thin.

carwiz · May 19, 2010

wow that's a relief. I was getting worried there for a second, especially if it meant shipping it back to the UK.
Pulled the screws out (should have been obvious) :face-palm: The clamp split right apart and will be a nice addition to my bike. Thanks guys!

Jeff

Hortons Norton · May 19, 2010

I wonder if they drill and tap then cut followed by drilling the center hole? Then they would sand and finish. This would insure that the hole would be round and everything would line up, Brilliant!

B+Bogus · May 20, 2010

Hortons Norton said:
I wonder if they drill and tap then cut followed by drilling the center hole? Then they would sand and finish. This would insure that the hole would be round and everything would line up, Brilliant!

Yep - and there's the problem!
If they fitted shims to the clamp faces before machining, the clamp would then do its job - once the shims were removed of course

).
As it is, it's a perfect circle and can't clamp properly :roll:
Typically British - almost perfect!

Diablouph · May 20, 2010

Can you cut a piece of inner tube and wrap it around the tube? Would it stop the movement?

Anyone done this?

ntst8 · May 20, 2010

Diablouph said:
Can you cut a piece of inner tube and wrap it around the tube? Would it stop the movement? Anyone done this?

There have been a couple of lengthy threads on setting these up. A compressible shim will likely result in the clamp bolts loosening in service. A hard shim is a maybe, i initially tried a bit of beer can (funny how there is always a good supply) but decided it was too much of a bodge. It didn't take very long to work the face enough to make the clamp effective.

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