Bicycle handlebars won't tighten fully

azibux1

azibux1

azibux1

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Hi all,

Got a bike that was taken apart a bit to clean up and service a bit. Now when it is all fitted back, if you apply the front brake and rock the bike forwards and back, you can see the whole part where the handlebars join the fork section is loose / wobbling despite screw at the top of the handlebar being tight

Anyone know a possible fix?

Hopefully the explanation made sense

Thanks!
 
Thanks guys... Didn't know we had a proper sub forum :)

Colleague currently on the phone so can't listen to that video but will check it out in a bit... seems to have the info I need in it to fix the problem, providing there is nothing damaged

Not the bike in question, but just a random pic online... it is neither of the red parts that are loose... from what I remember it is the yellow part that is loose

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That's perfect, just watched it, seems very simple :D My Dad was going to drop it off with the local cycle shop guy but thought I'd check here first (after a quick google) and I'm glad I did :D

Will give this a go next time I have a moment, probably Tuesday

Thanks for the offer @Dis86, East Anglia though unfortunately

Hopefully nothing has been over tightened / damaged :) Which I assume is possible if you try to tighten the top cap one too much while the horizontal bolts are still tight? Not sure what my Dad tried so far.
 
MSTRBKR said:
If it's the yellow part it's still very likely the top cap. As said loosen pinch bolts on the stem, tighten the cap, then tighten pinch bolts again.
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Don't have one of those torque wrenches unfortunately... only got one that came with a set of car roof racks and unfortunately it doesn't have such a 'range' of settings on it, only the one I think that was important for the roof racks

Will have to just judge it by hand
 
MSTRBKR said:
Top cap doesn't need to be that tight at all. For the pinch bolts use a tool with quite a short handle to limit the toque you can apply, and you can't go too wrong. A multi tool for example, is so small that you can't really apply enough torque to strip threads unless you're hulk.
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Ha :D Cool will give it a shot on Tuesday most likely and report back here!

Thanks all :)
 
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