Removing & replacing bar ends: Difference between revisions

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*An alternate method to use with the impact driver if impacts alone aren't doing it: grab a big pair of Vice Grip or Channel Lock pliers and your impact driver. Your Phillips bit must be <i>sharp</i>, with no rounded edges. Insert the Phillips bit into the screw holding on the bar end weight, and use a mallet or hammer to tap it in very tightly. A Harbor Freight impact driver ($10 or so) was used very successfully by one member for this. Once the screwdriver bit is firmly inserted, grab it with the pliers and carefully apply unscrewing force, pushing inward on the screwdriver if necessary. With the added leverage of the pliers, very little strength is required to remove the screw, but beware of stripping out the head -- if there is any indication of the screwdriver slipping, STOP immediately and pursue impact or heat based alternatives.

*Most modern, quality cordless driver drills have multiple torque settings. Using a good bit, start at the lowest setting and let it ratchet for a second or so. Keep doing this on each successively higher setting. There are purpose-made cordless impact guns made by Makita and the like, too.

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*In the absence of an impact driver, smack the butt end of your regular screwdriver with a hammer while turning. Put additional turning force into as you make the hit. DISCLAIMER: This is pretty dangerous, so use great caution about doing it. If done poorly or with too much force, you stand a chance of hurting yourself or punching the screwdriver tip through something, or breaking whatever you're working on.

*Get a screwdriver bit that fits into your ~~ratchet~~. Holding the bars with one hand, use one hand to turn the ratchet and your stomach to put pressure on the ratchet. The Loctite on that screw makes it feel like you are destroying the screw when it starts to move. Make sure you keep lots of pressure on the screw until it is all the way out. If you ease up the pressure when it's partially out you may destroy the screw head.

*Get a #3 Phillips screwdriver bit that fits into your socket wrench. Holding the bars with one hand, use one hand to turn the ratchet and your stomach to put pressure on the ratchet. The Loctite on that screw makes it feel like you are destroying the screw when it starts to move. Make sure you keep lots of pressure on the screw until it is all the way out. If you ease up the pressure when it's partially out you may destroy the screw head.

*This will sometimes help crack the screw loose: Find a piece of rubber, like an old piece of heater hose or garden hose, and split it up the side. Put that over the bar end to protect it from scraching. Then clamp the bar end with a large pair of vise grips. Now turn the bar end and the screw at the same time.

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+*An alternate method to use with the impact driver if impacts alone aren't doing it: grab a big pair of Vice Grip or Channel Lock pliers and your impact driver.  Your Phillips bit must be <i>sharp</i>, with no rounded edges.  Insert the Phillips bit into the screw holding on the bar end weight, and use a mallet or hammer to tap it in very tightly.  A Harbor Freight impact driver ($10 or so) was used very successfully by one member for this.  Once the screwdriver bit is firmly inserted, grab it with the pliers and carefully apply unscrewing force, pushing inward on the screwdriver if necessary.  With the added leverage of the pliers, very little strength is required to remove the screw, but beware of stripping out the head -- if there is any indication of the screwdriver slipping, STOP immediately and pursue impact or heat based alternatives.
 *Most modern, quality cordless driver drills have multiple torque settings. Using a good bit, start at the lowest setting and let it ratchet for a second or so. Keep doing this on each successively higher setting. There are purpose-made cordless impact guns made by Makita and the like, too.
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 *In the absence of an impact driver, smack the butt end of your regular screwdriver with a hammer while turning. Put additional turning force into as you make the hit. DISCLAIMER: This is pretty dangerous, so use great caution about doing it. If done poorly or with too much force, you stand a chance of hurting yourself or punching the screwdriver tip through something, or breaking whatever you're working on.
-*Get a screwdriver bit that fits into your ratchet. Holding the bars with one hand, use one hand to turn the ratchet and your stomach to put pressure on the ratchet. The Loctite on that screw makes it feel like you are destroying the screw when it starts to move. Make sure you keep lots of pressure on the screw until it is all the way out. If you ease up the pressure when it's partially out you may destroy the screw head.
+*Get a #3 Phillips screwdriver bit that fits into your socket wrench. Holding the bars with one hand, use one hand to turn the ratchet and your stomach to put pressure on the ratchet. The Loctite on that screw makes it feel like you are destroying the screw when it starts to move. Make sure you keep lots of pressure on the screw until it is all the way out. If you ease up the pressure when it's partially out you may destroy the screw head.
 *This will sometimes help crack the screw loose: Find a piece of rubber, like an old piece of heater hose or garden hose, and split it up the side. Put that over the bar end to protect it from scraching. Then clamp the bar end with a large pair of vise grips. Now turn the bar end and the screw at the same time.