Welded Bar Ends - Question
#1
Welded Bar Ends - Question
Was about to install some D-Flex handlebar protection (bark busters)
Cut the ends of the oem grips off, and noticed that the stock bars have weights inside that are tack welded.
Outside of replacing the entire handlebar, has anyone got any suggestions on how to remove ? My good friend suggested perhaps tapping that existing hole so i could use the existing bolt that comes with the d-flex and bolt it right into the existing weight.. But i'm having a problem tapping that hole.. Drilled it to a larger hole, problem is i dont have metric drill bits, and my tap is metric ! Could be part of the problem.. dunno, eitherway i'm struggling to tap that hole, with my tap set.
Here's a pic.
Cut the ends of the oem grips off, and noticed that the stock bars have weights inside that are tack welded.
Outside of replacing the entire handlebar, has anyone got any suggestions on how to remove ? My good friend suggested perhaps tapping that existing hole so i could use the existing bolt that comes with the d-flex and bolt it right into the existing weight.. But i'm having a problem tapping that hole.. Drilled it to a larger hole, problem is i dont have metric drill bits, and my tap is metric ! Could be part of the problem.. dunno, eitherway i'm struggling to tap that hole, with my tap set.
Here's a pic.
Last edited by TheDoc46; 03-05-2017 at 07:12 PM.
#4
Wondering for the sake of $30 if i should go down at route, or just order some new handlebars.
#6
I tapped two of the stock bars no problem. Get the proper tap and find the drill size that goes with it, I looked up the drill size and found the closest one I had[1 size over]. Drilled and tapped away.
You might go to your local bearing shop and see if they have a Equivalents chart[very handy to have], the one I go to gives them away.
You might go to your local bearing shop and see if they have a Equivalents chart[very handy to have], the one I go to gives them away.
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