where to find a brake lever

[3leggeddog]

i need a brake lever for my Walsh framed machine.Will any brake lever work?It has a Hinson now.any ideas on what all i cna use?

THX

[rayman375]

Hinson no longer makes them, I don't think. A stock brake lever should work, ESR makes billet brake levers that look pretty nice.

[danhung11]

I believe the Hinson's are OEM replacements so any other aftermarket or stock should work. What's wrong with the Hinson?

[3leggeddog]

i broke the end of it off,and in a pinch I cut up an old mod quad lever for a 450r and through bolted the end part of that one to the hinson.it got me by for a few races but it will not be going back on the bike after the rebuild.plus it is wore out in the pivot area.has alot of sloop in it.I just didnt know if the frame was set up for a stock style 250r lever or not.

[croat1]

do you want to sell the worn out pedal?

[rayman375]

Take it to a machine shop and they could weld it back together and grind it down smooth again.