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Anybody replaced knee levers on a GFI…?

I have had a GFI Expo for a few months now, long enough to know that i really, really, really, really, really don't like the way the LKL digs into my leg and I would sell my dog to replace it with a lever that maybe bends away a little at the end…

Is this possible…?

A flag might help distribute the pressure.

sure… can I ask, what a "flag" is..?

Flags are bits of (usually) metal to enlarge contact area of the lever.
Emmons flag:

MSA flag:

Zum flag:

Other people have improvised their own flags, some look snazzy, some are spatula blades and duct tape.

Stuart Docherty wrote:Anybody replaced knee levers on a GFI…?
I would sell my dog to replace it with a lever that maybe bends away a little at the end…

Is this possible…?

what kind of dog?

GFI should be able to sell you a knee lever flag for your lkl. You tried changing the angle on the lever have you? I find it is more comfortable facing inwards.

You can buy a knee lever flag from Bob at GFI. The flag is standard on one knee lever of a D-10. Slides on your knee lever and is held by two set screws.
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Quentin Hickey wrote:GFI should be able to sell you a knee lever flag for your lkl. You tried changing the angle on the lever have you? I find it is more comfortable facing inwards.

yep, i think "inwards" accentuates the problem… it's a good position, but it all comes down to the length and the bonyness of the outside of my knees...

Jack Wilson wrote:You can buy a knee lever flag from Bob at GFI. The flag is standard on one knee lever of a D-10. Slides on your knee lever and is held by two set screws.
gfimusicalproducts.com

Wow… thanks…
I ended up emailing a copy of my post to GFI, they never mentioned they had flags in their reply… (was great they replied..)
I think a flag would do it for me..
Sounds pretty straight forward…

Lane Gray wrote:Flags are bits of (usually) metal to enlarge contact area of the lever.
Emmons flag:

MSA flag:

Zum flag:

Looks like a solution to me, thanks...

On my Zum, the end of the LKL lever hit me right at the knee cap and after a while I would experience some discomfort. I contact Bruce and he sent me a flag for that lever and when I installed it I extended it a ways past the end of the lever itself and that took care of the problem.
It fact, that felt so good I went ahead and did the same to my LKR. On this lever, I obtained some 3/23" thick aluminum and fashioned the flag myself.

I have several flags on my Zum's ...