
Tin the areas shown shaded green. Run
through the holes with the drill again
after tinning.
Place the fret on to a hard working
surface such that the tags, holding the
nut and crank detail to the plank joining the
centre and intermediate brake levers, are
with their backs flush to the surface.
Take a length of the 0.3mm wire and
apply some paste flux to its end 2mm or
so. Insert the wire into the hole in one of
the nuts (a spare is provided in case of
losses). Working against the hard surface,
and keeping the end of the wire inside the
hole, cut the nut from its tag, as closely to the side of the nut and as cleanly as you
can.
The paste flux should retain the nut on the wire while you now lift the nut onto the
crank detail and push the wire into the hole in the crank. Cut the crank from its
tag, again using the wire to retain control of it.
Now lift the nut and crank detail, still retained on the wire by the paste flux, onto
the bracket extending downwards from the plank, and locate the end of the wire
into the hole in the bracket. Slide the crank detail and nut down the wire so that all
three components are flush to each other, rotate the crank around the wire until its
flat edge is parallel with the long edges of the plank, and solder up.
Trim and clean up the ends of the wire;
flush to the back of the bracket, and
with a little protruding from the front of the
nut to represent the end of the crank pivot
bolt.
Class 47 Brake Detail
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