Anyone have a good source for old Proto clamping feedneck parts, particularly the levers and whatever roll nut or other hardware attaches them to the screw? I recently bought a 2011 (I think) Rail that is missing the lever from its feedneck. The screw is there, just not the lever. Unlike most other clamping feedneck designs, this one has a screw that is not threaded on the lever end. Instead, the threaded end of the screw passes through the lever-side tab and threads directly into a blind hole drilled into the opposite tab on the collar. The "screw" (more like a 2/3rds threaded rod) is headless and has a hole bored through the shaft (perpendicular to its length) at the lever end. I can tighten it down by hooking a small L-shaped Allen key through the hole to let me turn it. How did the lever attach? The hole through the shaft of the screw is not threaded. I'm assuming that there must have been some kind of pin or long rivet that passed through both the head of the lever and this screw.
I'd love to just replace the lever and return the feedneck to its original functionality. Failing that, I suppose I'll have to look for a hex cap screw of the same diameter and threading.
I'd love to just replace the lever and return the feedneck to its original functionality. Failing that, I suppose I'll have to look for a hex cap screw of the same diameter and threading.
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