Removing & replacing bar ends: Difference between revisions

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*For the budget-conscious: Soak the bar end first for half an hour, using a ziplock bag filled with hot water. Turn the entire front end so the bar end you are working on is as low to the ground as it can go, and rubber band the bag onto the bar end. Next, cut a cross section of a bicycle inner tube and put it around the bar end. Attach vise grips very strongly and turn. This should get some movement. Now, impact drive with a sharp phillips head.

*An alternate method, faster but requiring the use of an additional tool: The hot water is on the right track, but you can get far better results in a fraction of the time with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_gun heat gun], #3 Phillips bit, and a ratchet drive. Using this method, the bar ends can be off in a matter of minutes.

*An alternate method, faster but requiring the use of an additional tool: The hot water is on the right track, but you can get far better results in a fraction of the time with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_gun heat gun], a #3 Phillips bit, and a ratchet drive. Using this method, the bar ends can be off in a matter of minutes.

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Anything you can do to soften things up before you start wrenching on that bolt will definitely help.

'''When you're looking for replacement screws''', go to Ace Hardware or the equivalent and get two hex (Allen) head bolts (instead of the ~~phillips~~). You should be able to hunt them down at your big-box hardware supply, too. Bring your bar ends and the old bolts with you to see how they fit. A standard size is: m8, 1.25, 50 mm long. Yours might be a different length, depending on your new bar end, but the diameter [m8] and the pitch (1.25) should be the same. Get chrome or stainless if you can.

'''When you're looking for replacement screws''', go to Ace Hardware or the equivalent and get two hex (Allen) head bolts (instead of the Phillips). You should be able to hunt them down at your big-box hardware supply, too. Bring your bar ends and the old bolts with you to see how they fit. A standard size is: m8, 1.25, 50 mm long. Yours might be a different length, depending on your new bar end, but the diameter [m8] and the pitch (1.25) should be the same. Get chrome or stainless if you can.

====Finding new bar ends====

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 *For the budget-conscious: Soak the bar end first for half an hour, using a ziplock bag filled with hot water. Turn the entire front end so the bar end you are working on is as low to the ground as it can go, and rubber band the bag onto the bar end.  Next, cut a cross section of a bicycle inner tube and put it around the bar end. Attach vise grips very strongly and turn. This should get some movement. Now, impact drive with a sharp phillips head.
-*An alternate method, faster but requiring the use of an additional tool: The hot water is on the right track, but you can get far better results in a fraction of the time with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_gun heat gun], #3 Phillips bit, and a ratchet drive. Using this method, the bar ends can be off in a matter of minutes.
+*An alternate method, faster but requiring the use of an additional tool: The hot water is on the right track, but you can get far better results in a fraction of the time with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_gun heat gun], a #3 Phillips bit, and a ratchet drive. Using this method, the bar ends can be off in a matter of minutes.
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 Anything you can do to soften things up before you start wrenching on that bolt will definitely help.
-'''When you're looking for replacement screws''', go to Ace Hardware or the equivalent and get two hex (Allen) head bolts (instead of the phillips). You should be able to hunt them down at your big-box hardware supply, too. Bring your bar ends and the old bolts with you to see how they fit. A standard size is: m8, 1.25, 50 mm long. Yours might be a different length, depending on your new bar end, but the diameter [m8] and the pitch (1.25) should be the same. Get chrome or stainless if you can.
+'''When you're looking for replacement screws''', go to Ace Hardware or the equivalent and get two hex (Allen) head bolts (instead of the Phillips). You should be able to hunt them down at your big-box hardware supply, too. Bring your bar ends and the old bolts with you to see how they fit. A standard size is: m8, 1.25, 50 mm long. Yours might be a different length, depending on your new bar end, but the diameter [m8] and the pitch (1.25) should be the same. Get chrome or stainless if you can.
 ====Finding new bar ends====