How to tighten handlebars on a bike. How to tighten bike handlebars. How to fix loose steering - when your handlebars are turning but the wheel is not.
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Thank you. Have been trying to find out just this for ages-have found out how to both disassemble and reassemble headsets off various kinds but not simply how to sort this issue. Thank you.
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I have the first type and I have tightened all 3 bolts, the 2 pinch ones and the top stem one and it will not get tight enough. I have literally destroyed the hex wrench I was using it literally bent before the nut got tight enough.
Faolan. Make sure you do in the correct order. The top bolt is tightened to hand tightness first. Then the pinch bolts. If you do it the other way the tightened stem stops the top bolt from tightening the bearings. Try loosening the pinch bolts first and try again. Let me know how you go.
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Good question. That could be the axle of the wheel (tighten the bearings) is loose or the wheel nuts are loose (tighten the nuts). On suspension forks it is sometimes the play in the fork, especially cheaper or older ones.
@@DrCrankysBikesforKids I have the same problem as in the video, but I do not have a tool that can be inserted into the hole that I have to insert the screwdriver into. In other words, I do not have a screwdriver of the same size as the hole, so what should I do
This can happen if the wedge in the fork tube is rusty. Loosen, take the whole assemblage up and out (pull up and twist side to side). Grease the bolt and wedge and put the whole lot back in and tighten. I'll do a video to explain as it seems to be more common than I though. Let me know how you go.
hey man, everything is tighth but my whole handle bars move. the rod the runs down to my suspension or whatever is loose. like my handle move up and down. what do i do?
Did you find out? I am having similar problem. I literaly cannot fasten the bolt any more and the handels still move with respect to the wheel, if I use force. I crashed on the bike once before because the handles moved the other way than the wheel after riding up a sidewalk. Very dangerous.
WTF I am not finding the answer to my question. No matter how tight I tighten that goddamn 6 mm hex key I cannot get the handlebars to tighten up. What do I do!?
Probably means the wedge is stuck. Try loosening the bolt and pull the whole thing out. Put some grease/oil on the threads down at the wedge and try again. . Let me know how you go.
@@DrCrankysBikesforKids thank you for your answer. I found out what the problem was the guy who built the bike for me put the wrong size neck on my bike so yeah rookie mistake on his part but I didn't know any better because I have Not wrenched on a bicycle since I've been a kid but yeah I brought it to a bike shop and they hooked me up. Thanks
Sometimes you have to take the whole stem out and put grease on the threads so they can tighten properly. I have another video that shows the process. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pyB79V0fhd0.html at about 2:18.
Sometimes this is because the wedge in the steerer tube is rusty. Try loosening and removing the bolt. Grease the threads. Spray some lube into the steerer tube from below ( bike upside down) and try again. Or use a long handle Allen wrench for more force.
