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Well, as with all things Raleigh, the tiny rivets I bought and shipped from England didn’t work…. The badge looked ok, but the rivets were not all the way in and were not 1000% secure.

Back to the drawing board:

Raleigh = never again
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Have you tried the screws out of a cassette tape or VHS tape? Don't know if it will work on a Raleigh, but it works on a variety of other bike frames.
 
3M outdoor 2-sided tape, the gray stuff with the red removable part, will stick a head badge on strong enough that you will have to carve it off, then little brass screws from the hardware store for looks
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Well, I’m not sure if it’s perfect, but I have ZERO play on this attempt: The spindle could be spinning a little more freely, but ZERO play, which is great.

I PACKED these things with grease wicked, I’m hoping it’ll loosen up with use.

The spindle turns freely with my fingers, I just can’t ‘spin it’ like I could when I nuked it with carb cleaner and lube
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