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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Quadog on April 19, 2014, 01:53 PM
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hi can anyone help i stupidly had tuff neck stem polished and had bolt chromed but the shaft has been chromed aswell now it just slides side to side no matter how much its tightened ive tried scoring it with dremmel its helped a bit but still not tight enough to ride just like to know if any one else has had same problem and how it could be solved had the thing for thirty odd years doing my first build since then hope ive not ballsed it up
cheers scott
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Aargh right lots use a cut up a coke can and use a slither of it as a shim
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doesn't rooski make these bolts or is just the cap bolts??
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cheers ill try the coke can thing
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Where is it "sliding from side to side" in the actual forks or where the stem base joins the quill (shaft)? If the latter then the main bolt is not tight enough or the quill is not seated in the stem base properly.
A coke can won't help in that instance as you will need to either get it pressed in or tightened up sufficiently.
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its where the base joins shaft cheers pal i tried some thread lock adhesive it seems to have done the trick so far ive learned a lesson dont polish what dont need polishing cheers for advice
scott
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I found similar with a chrome set of handlebars, there's lack of grip to a shiny chrome surface so I smeared a tiny bit of valve grinding paste in the 2 half moons of the stem and gently clamped the stem in the correct position and moved the handlebars back and forth, tightened it a little more then done the same again.
I then removed the bars ,cleaned the stem / bars thoroughly , it made the bars hazy in that area but now they grip.
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its where the base joins shaft cheers pal i tried some thread lock adhesive it seems to have done the trick so far ive learned a lesson dont polish what dont need polishing cheers for advice
scott
Yep, that should do it. What I did was mount the stem in the forks, put some electrical tape round the large nut and on the stem (to avoid damaging the ano) and used a long adjustable spanner to nip it up tightly.