Bloody bar end nut !!!

[Guest Guest]

Ok I’ve screwed up.
Was taking my bar ends off and now right hand nut is inside somewhere
and can’t put the bolt back on the thread.
Is this going to be a take off the bars to get the nut back in place?


Bloody hope not but will see how crap the ride to work is
tomorrow (wish I had not started to play with bike at 23:30 at night !!! )

[XS1100 0]

doubt you will notice any difference,Get some greese on the end of a wire coat hanger and fish the nut out will stick to the greese or a run a magnet along the bars or leave it and use another nut the one in the bars ant going nowhere.or

[Guest Guest]

I can't see how I'm going to get another nut in there without stripping it down.

[pugeyed 0]

bit of old cable, table lamp lawn mower whatever, stick it in one end and push it through, worked for me.

[XS1100 0]

Chuck um away and fill the bars with expandable foam :)out of a can

[day101 0]

@XS1100 wrote:

Chuck um away and fill the bars with expandable foam :)out of a can

.... you had jls on the radio didnt you when doing the job....

[dick65 0]

telescopic magnet pen thingy sorted

[trebor4460 0]

Take other bar end weight off, dont drop this nut, then use a compresser to blow it out, be ready on the other end when it shoots out.

[Guest Guest]

Thanks for all these ideas but the hole is so small I must have to strip it down.

[stantheman 0]

you dont have to remove the bar end bolt to get the ends off mate just slacken them and if you remove the clamps you can tip the bars enough so the nut rattles out ;not that ive ever done the same thing

[XS1100 0]

Hawki wrote:

Thanks for all these ideas but the hole is so small I must have to strip it down.

post picture I think you still have the wedge/s still inside the bars

[Chadatious 0]

i understand the ruibber block is still in there? get something hoocked, and yank it out. if being a bummer try abit of heat but you dont wana bow the bars. that only down side to that.

i had to get rubber out of mine once, wd-40 down there and bent a screwdriver to pull it out.

[stantheman 0]

@XS1100 wrote:

Hawki wrote:

Thanks for all these ideas but the hole is so small I must have to strip it down.

post picture I think you still have the wedge/s still inside the bars

[Guest Guest]

@Chadatious wrote:

i understand the ruibber block is still in there? get something hoocked, and yank it out. if being a bummer try abit of heat but you dont wana bow the bars. that only down side to that.

i had to get rubber out of mine once, wd-40 down there and bent a screwdriver to pull it out.

Chad you were spot on.

Well basically when I had a go at the bar ends I had a bit to drink...so I had a look again last night at about 23:30 when I was not so drunk (tip to self leave messing with bike until the weekends and when not drinking)

So here is some pics and what happened:

This was what I could see when looking in the bar:



Video:


This one came out with a little forcing with a m8 bolt and I could get the little chap out causing so much trouble:



Chucked the new one in a bit sloppy as I did not have the correct bits but it looks ok:



Next one was a right bar stool...so screwed in some M8 thread I had with a cordless drill as far as I could get it:



Made a slide hammer:





and got the bugger out (do you like the slippers )





Then bodged in the new bar end:

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

Glad you sorted it m8

[Stue11 0]

Well done Chad, and Andy for doing it

[XS1100 0]

YERRRRRRR! Chad take all the credit lol

[BanditMike 0]

Congrats on the success. But have you noticed how everyone has suggestions on how to do it, but they've never actually had the same problem, it's always "the mate of a mate"

[day101 0]

@BanditMike wrote:

Congrats on the success. But have you noticed how everyone has suggestions on how to do it, but they've never actually had the same problem, it's always "the mate of a mate"