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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject: Flex bars Maintenance !! Reply with quote Back to top

Just tickering in the garage hiding from the kids and the wife and was checking my bars and they are stiff as if they are seized, so i pulled them apart and noticed a whole heap of O rings in there, what is the way to fix these, do they need grease as it needed a bit of force to get the pins out ???


I could just ring Adam tomorrow but i'm impatient !!
 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

It just take's a teaspoon of cement Toddy.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

What are these bars like. Do the help with arm pump up. Where do u buy them from and how much.
 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Ive been running them for a year now and i'm a fan laughing laughing . Adam at QUADSQUAD wll help you out .
 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Rick #84 wrote:
It just take's a teaspoon of cement Toddy.



Rockstar Rick........I Can tell you rode with Lenny the other day laughing laughing
 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Try this link...
http://quad.transworld.net/2009/04/13/flexx-handlebars-service-video/
 
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:51 am Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

That just about sums it up pretty good there.

If you dont have a brass punch in the right diameter, a 6mm 1/4 drive socket will sit in the hole nicely.

If your at the point where they are binding, you will probably have some alloy paste and galling on the pins. You can clean these up with some very fine wet/dry paper (at least 800 grit or finer) and some WD40 once the o rings are removed.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Thanks for the responses.
 
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

my pins were also seized in, belted them out with punch, cleaned up the pins and cleaned the bores with a round file so the pins slide in without the need for brute force.
greased all up and is so much better now
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

I've found that both sides don't usualy start to sieze at the same time.
Have a bounce on the bike in the shed after each time you ride, and if one side feels slightly stiffer that the other.
Pull them straight apart and do both sides.
The job is so much easier if you service them before you let hem sieze up.

And you'll be able to use the excuse "preventative maintenane" more often to get away from the missus laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Wurth make a product in a spray can , it is an anti seize very good product , a lot off people call it mexican jumping grease as for reasons that you probably will find out, selleys also makes a product called never seize ,
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: todd Reply with quote Back to top

hey todd

i am amazed your bike got dirty enough that the bars need maintaince?

you must be doing some secret riding lately?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: todd Reply with quote Back to top

Roycroft wrote:
hey todd

i am amazed your bike got dirty enough that the bars need maintaince?

you must be doing some secret riding lately?


So am i.....Although Worthy had it for a while and it came back pretty 2nd hand.

Definatly no riding, still yet to build a Quad and its April Mad Mad but i did ride one of those Canamy thingys eek
 
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