Bar end fitting - SV650.org

tom_e · 21-01-16, 08:36 AM

It looks like the previous owner made a right mess of the bar ends on my SK5, the bit inside the clip on that the bolt bites into seems to be a bit mashed up so getting new ones bolted in tight doesn't seem to be happening.

Whatever the bolt screws into seems to be spinning in the clip on so I can't unbolt it or tighten it.

Any ideas?

If I can at least get the bolt out and there's enough space in the clip on before the rubber I'm just going to stick some universal ends on, which is a shame because my brand new R&G one's are so shiny.

andrewsmith · 21-01-16, 08:47 AM

Pull the rubber inside out and have a look. It works on friction so may be pushed in.
Replacement bolts, go to an engineering factors with it and they should be able to get a match

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tom_e · 21-01-16, 08:49 AM

so the rubber that the bar ends screw into is just held by friction? If that's the case I'll get some wd40 down it and give it a good yank

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tom_e · 21-01-16, 11:07 AM

After some Googling it looks like you're supposed to be able to pull the rubber and the bar end out as one once you've slacked the bolt slightly, this was never going to happen with the bar ends that were on there they appeared to just be screwed into the rubber bung.

So now I imagine the nut the bar end bolt is supposed to screw into is just flapping around at the other end of my clip on and that's why I've got nothing to screw the new ones into.

What's the best way of pulling the old rubber out? It doesn't look like you can take the other end of the clip on off and push it out.

Crawling Finn · 21-01-16, 11:29 AM

I have used bicycle spoke successfully before.

tom_e · 21-01-16, 10:43 PM

Went for the delicate approach in the end, got a socket extender and a rubber mallet and just bashed the rubber bungs far enough down the clip ons that I can fit a set of Oberon universal bar ends on now.

21-01-16, 08:36 AM	#1
tom_e Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 438	Bar end fitting It looks like the previous owner made a right mess of the bar ends on my SK5, the bit inside the clip on that the bolt bites into seems to be a bit mashed up so getting new ones bolted in tight doesn't seem to be happening. Whatever the bolt screws into seems to be spinning in the clip on so I can't unbolt it or tighten it. Any ideas? If I can at least get the bolt out and there's enough space in the clip on before the rubber I'm just going to stick some universal ends on, which is a shame because my brand new R&G one's are so shiny. Last edited by tom_e; 21-01-16 at 08:38 AM.

21-01-16, 08:47 AM	#2
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Bar end fitting Pull the rubber inside out and have a look. It works on friction so may be pushed in. Replacement bolts, go to an engineering factors with it and they should be able to get a match Sent from my E2303 using Tapatalk __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

21-01-16, 08:49 AM	#3
tom_e Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 438	Re: Bar end fitting so the rubber that the bar ends screw into is just held by friction? If that's the case I'll get some wd40 down it and give it a good yank Sent from my XT1092 using Tapatalk

21-01-16, 11:07 AM	#4
tom_e Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 438	Re: Bar end fitting After some Googling it looks like you're supposed to be able to pull the rubber and the bar end out as one once you've slacked the bolt slightly, this was never going to happen with the bar ends that were on there they appeared to just be screwed into the rubber bung. So now I imagine the nut the bar end bolt is supposed to screw into is just flapping around at the other end of my clip on and that's why I've got nothing to screw the new ones into. What's the best way of pulling the old rubber out? It doesn't look like you can take the other end of the clip on off and push it out.

21-01-16, 11:29 AM	#5
Crawling Finn Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire Posts: 40	Re: Bar end fitting I have used bicycle spoke successfully before.

21-01-16, 10:43 PM	#6
tom_e Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 438	Re: Bar end fitting Went for the delicate approach in the end, got a socket extender and a rubber mallet and just bashed the rubber bungs far enough down the clip ons that I can fit a set of Oberon universal bar ends on now.

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