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Title: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: danny silverstreak on September 20, 2005, 08:54 PM
got to send some bars for paint - how you get theĀ  grips off without damaging them???????

thanks in advance

the silverstreak ;)
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: theRuler on September 20, 2005, 08:55 PM
poke a thin screwdriver down between the grip and the bar and spray in wd40

use wd40 for refitting too!
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: stidds on September 20, 2005, 09:02 PM
I poke a spare spoke carefully down the grip, lift it a bit and spray WD-40, then PULL.
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: danny silverstreak on September 20, 2005, 09:18 PM
thanks boys ill give that a whirl, now wheres that wd40 ;)
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: daze on September 20, 2005, 09:19 PM
just done it!!

yup - wd40 to get em off but i use a bit of hairspray to get em back on.
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: scary_leary on September 20, 2005, 09:22 PM
yep i use the old poke trick, but i find a drop of wasing up liquid better.
and it washes out easier after..

the best thing for putting new grips back on is hair spray, drys like glue
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: scary_leary on September 20, 2005, 09:23 PM
daze you reading my mind....... ;)
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: theRuler on September 20, 2005, 09:23 PM
wd40 is a moisture displacer and disappears completely
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: danny silverstreak on September 20, 2005, 09:27 PM
great stuff scary mate , i use hairspray on me barnet anyway ill use a bit of that

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Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: theRuler on September 20, 2005, 09:30 PM
anyway, how do you handlebar grips off?
Title: Re: how do you handlebar grips off without damaging them?
Post by: Bob_Acid on September 20, 2005, 09:54 PM
Boil the kettle, put on rubber gloves, fill a jug, lean the bike into the jug, leave it there for 20 seconds, give them a tug (easy for the average bloke) voila, one pair of undamaged grips.

And you can ride straight away cos of no oily slippery stuff!
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