Where's my ball?

[stewgnu]

Hi up, I was disassembling the front brake lever and a wee ball bearing pinged off into the ether.

Can someone tell me where it came from? I looked at the exploded diagram in another topic but it's in dutch and the picture is indistinct...

[docc]

It sits in a hole in the downward vertical bracket extension between the lever and the microswitch in order to activate the switch.

 

A smear of grease on installation helps keep it from departing the universe at first opportunity . . .

[stewgnu]

Ah! Cheers muchly doc, it landed somewhere in a patch of grey gravel, the b*stard, so i've had to remember to dab the rear for illumination- not ideal!

[docc]

I tried to measure mine in situ, but can't really. Let me take mine apart and get a proper size for the fitment . . . .

[stewgnu]

The dutch parts list lists it as 3.9mm?

[docc]

That looks very likely. I was guessing 4mm, but could not get a measurement without disassembly . . .

[stewgnu]

What's .1 of a mil between gutsisti?

[docc]

I was hoping a steel .177 caliber BB would work, but my math gives me 4,5mm.

 

Maybe with a little judicious *reaming* of the hole . . .

 

I mean, we're just talking 0,6 mm. Between guzzisti and all . . .

[MartyNZ]

...it landed somewhere in a patch of grey gravel, the b*stard...

I've recovered bits I lost in long grass by dabbing around desperately with a magnet.

[LowRyter]

you can get one at Ace Hardware.  If you aren't certain get a couple of different sizes.

[docc]

you can one at Ace Hardware.  If you aren't certain get a couple of different sizes.

Not sure what Stew has for "Ace Hardware" in Sheffield . . .

 

Yet, a 5/32" ball is about halfway between 3,9mm and 4,0mm; probably will work (?)  [ 0.0027" / almost three thousandths of an inch larger ]

 

This is one of those rare cases where bigger balls are not necessarily better!

[knumbnutz]

Found it.. Mylie has it

 

[cash1000]

Checked lights over the other day and found brake/tail light on all the time. Ending up finding the ball bearing we speak of here was missing. Replaced but when reassembling I lost one of the nuts that holds the microswitch on. I dropped it landed on left foot and where to from there? Marty good idea to use a magnet.

[docc]

Found it.. Mylie has it

 

 

 

Checked lights over the other day and found brake/tail light on all the time. Ending up finding the ball bearing we speak of here was missing. Replaced but when reassembling I lost one of the nuts that holds the microswitch on. I dropped it landed on left foot and where to from there? Marty good idea to use a magnet.

If anyone can find your lost *nut*, knumbnutz has stepped up as a specialist in this sort of thing.

 

I always thought a lost little nut, or errant tiny ball, was lost to the universe. But, now it appears they can be divined, if even only ethereally.

[Scud]

When I replaced one of the micro-switches, the kit came with a little plastic cylinder instead of a ball. Therefore, you could make one out of a bit plastic or metal if you can just find something with the right diameter. For example, you could cut a tiny piece out of the middle of a nail (don't use the pointy part).