broken U-turn knob

coolatt · 11-23-2005, 02:46 AM

So my U-turn knob cracked and is useless. Guess what, a new one costs
$70. WTF? Has anyone made a home made one? Right now all I can do is use a socket wrench to wind it up or down.

C.Lee · 11-23-2005, 02:53 AM

holy... pricy huh? 70.... and its only a plastic.. unless they are selling you those 06 u turn knobs.. aluminum i think with lil handle which you can pull up and twist.. to make things easier even if thats the one.. 70 for little knob?

coolatt · 11-23-2005, 06:59 AM

It's brutal. Even 1/2 of that is the too much. It's just plastic.
I did check on line and there are some american websites selling it for 13-$16 which is more like it. How can there be such a difference? Brutal

Chief · 11-23-2005, 07:10 AM

just like marz selling the axel retainers for 70 bucks and there shitty alluminnum

PegCityThrasher · 11-23-2005, 10:32 AM

I think the worst case of that was "Marzocchi" bar shims (31.8-25.4) in the Norco catalog a year or 2 back for 88, that's right eighty-eight dollars.

C.Lee · 11-23-2005, 04:38 PM

u-turn knob is rockshox.

11-23-2005, 02:46 AM	#1
coolatt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: I'm over here Posts: 866 Rep Power: 169258	broken U-turn knob So my U-turn knob cracked and is useless. Guess what, a new one costs $70. WTF? Has anyone made a home made one? Right now all I can do is use a socket wrench to wind it up or down.

11-23-2005, 02:53 AM	#2
C.Lee Pepper Mint! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Burnaby/BC Posts: 5,398 Rep Power: 6135445	holy... pricy huh? 70.... and its only a plastic.. unless they are selling you those 06 u turn knobs.. aluminum i think with lil handle which you can pull up and twist.. to make things easier even if thats the one.. 70 for little knob? __________________

11-23-2005, 07:10 AM	#4
Chief Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 3,167 Rep Power: 26881	just like marz selling the axel retainers for 70 bucks and there shitty alluminnum __________________ brokezors

11-23-2005, 10:32 AM	#5
PegCityThrasher Joe Fixit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Left side L.A. Posts: 2,209 Rep Power: 11	I think the worst case of that was "Marzocchi" bar shims (31.8-25.4) in the Norco catalog a year or 2 back for 88, that's right eighty-eight dollars. __________________ I'm not only president of Head Clubbing for Men, I'm also a client.

11-23-2005, 04:38 PM	#6
C.Lee Pepper Mint! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Burnaby/BC Posts: 5,398 Rep Power: 6135445	u-turn knob is rockshox. __________________

11-23-2005, 06:59 AM	#3
coolatt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: I'm over here Posts: 866 Rep Power: 169258	It's brutal. Even 1/2 of that is the too much. It's just plastic. I did check on line and there are some american websites selling it for 13-$16 which is more like it. How can there be such a difference? Brutal

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