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there used to be a hardware store in van nuys that sold aviation grade allen bolts and such. whenever working on my bike i'd just swap the new bits in. the stripping problems seemed to go away.

am convinced that manufacturers use low bidder **** metal fasteners.
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Old 05-12-2012, 06:29 PM
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