Bars slipped while riding!
Bars slipped while riding!
Since getting the Bones and riding it my worst fear has been the leverage that can be placed on the bars and making them slip. Until today however it has proved an unfounded concern.
I hit a bump at 65 and my bars dropped 2 inches! Scared the crap out of me, but otherwise I was fine. I pushed them back into position and then stood up and put my weight in them to see if they would slip again. They didn't. Until I hit another bump about 5 miles down the road.
I'm at work now so I'll have a 55 mile ride with the loose bars. Yay...
I haven't cared for the bars and I think this is a good excuse as any to just order the bars I want. The narrow beach bars in black.
From what I can tell this is a fairly common issue, but how can I tighten the bars without stretching threads in the risers? I was thinking a thin piece of aluminum or something inside the riser wrapped around the bar in the mean time. But what kind. and where would I get it?
BTW I checked the riser bolts and they are as tight as I can get them.
How do you stop this from happening on even higher apes?
I hit a bump at 65 and my bars dropped 2 inches! Scared the crap out of me, but otherwise I was fine. I pushed them back into position and then stood up and put my weight in them to see if they would slip again. They didn't. Until I hit another bump about 5 miles down the road.
I'm at work now so I'll have a 55 mile ride with the loose bars. Yay...
I haven't cared for the bars and I think this is a good excuse as any to just order the bars I want. The narrow beach bars in black.
From what I can tell this is a fairly common issue, but how can I tighten the bars without stretching threads in the risers? I was thinking a thin piece of aluminum or something inside the riser wrapped around the bar in the mean time. But what kind. and where would I get it?
BTW I checked the riser bolts and they are as tight as I can get them.
How do you stop this from happening on even higher apes?
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2009
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From: Belgium
My beachbars started slipping a bit too. Riser bolts torqued to spec too. Sorted it by cutting a strip of 200 grit sandpaper, folded double and stuck in upper part riser. Retorqued everything and now solid as a rock.
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Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Green Country
I would suggest using some shim material, either brass or aluminum. Should be able to pick it up at an auto parts store. It comes in various thickness, measured in thousandth of an inch. Good luck.
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 253
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From: Tucson, Arizona
You can start by sanding some of the powder coat off the inside of the risers. I have nash bars and they aren't knurled but have put a strip of dry wall screen in there and they hold tight. But yeah have heard of shim made from a can working as well. I did strip out my risers though, put in heli coils and they are rock solid now.
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Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Blairsville GA
When I put the narrow beach bars on my Bones I made some beer can shims and used an automatic center punch to put some teeth in the smooth steel of the bars
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