Loose handlebar grip

[Mike63]

Hi....when I bought my Wisper eco I changed the hard plastic grips for a more comfortable Raleigh rubber grip.
The one I had to cut on the throttle side refuses to stay in place, constantly sliding off, I've even tried a coating of PVA bond to no avail...made it worse.
What's the answer ?

thanks....Mike

 

[BBB]

I have used hair spray often on new bikes in the past, but PVA should be stronger!

 

[Mike63]

Thanks BBB ....the PVA I used hads not even set, as I now recall I had the devils own job geting the new grip on but now it just slides about.
I think water must have got under the grip and soked into the rubber.
I will try to dry it out today then try some hairspray.

....Mike

 

[flecc]

Use the old trade trick Mike. Smear a little rubber solution from your repair kit inside the start of the grip and slam it straight into place. Do it quickly so it doesn't set at the start. Then leave it for a few hours to dry out and the grip will be firmly in place. The advantage of this is that the seal can be broken in future by inserting a screwdriver between the grip and bar and rotating it, leaving the rubber grip unharmed and reusable.

It's the only way we ever used when I was in the trade.
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[Mike63]

Cheers Flecc....sounds good...I will let it dry out a bit and try that.

....thanks....Mike

 

[z0mb13e]

A thin line along the length (stopping short of the inner end to accomdate the excess when pushing the grip on) of super glue on clean metal usually does the trick and it is easy enough to break the seal with a screw driver to remove the grips.

 

[Old Timer]

Well , the grips I bought have allen key fixings and work well. If I had your problem I just use a touch of clear general purpose silcon. If you don`t use a lot then you`d be able to do the screw driver trick and the old silicon easily rubs off of shiny surfaces.

No decent tradesman should ever be without a few tubes of silicon on their van I remember once having to fit a special narrow deadlock into a very narrow styled metal door. A long story but no way of fixing in the usual way and in desperation I pumped half a tube of silicon in the section (after taping all the parts of the lock with masking tape) and just pushed the lock into it to make the school secure overnight. !0years later the lock is still doing a stellar job

 

[Mike63]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions :
I went with Flecc's method and it worked a treat.
....'gonna do the other side which is only slightly loose.

cheers and happy new year all.....Mike