[mothahucker]

Yesterday I did a full-on over-the-bars, scorpion-landing on my face in the gnarliest rock garden at Keystone. It felt wonderful . Anyways, when I got up I noticed that both of my brake levers had been bent ever so slightly in towards the bar. There's no way I'm buying new levers because of such a little bend, so I'm gonna try to fix them. Should I just have at 'em with a couple of vice grips, or should I heat the levers up before I try, or what? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[dminor]

Don't heat them. Aluminum does not become gradually malleable with heat like steel. Vice grips will gouge them up. The best way is to take the lever off, clamp it in a vise (use soft-jaws if you have them; if not, use a scrap of leather or inner tube rubber). The slip the 'hole' end (on the handle) of a Crescent wrench over the lever and SLOWLY and gently tweak it back.

 

[fiddy_ryder]

the cresent wrench, or combo wrench will do fine.

 

[Evil4bc]

Replace with new un-bent lever !
Simple fix

 

[.WestCoastHucker.]

pay close attention to the "SLOWLY" advise from dminor, going slow is the key. a quick bend will snap it....