Bar Grip Removal

[BigBSBusa]

I know this has been discussed before and I feel stupid for asking, but I am having a he#$ of a time removing the screws to replace my bar grips. I have tried everything except drilling the screws out. What am I missing?

 

[BulletTrain]

No idea, BigBS. Haven't had mine off yet. I checked the manual for you but there aren't any special instructions. Just says remove them. May have a bit of thread lock on 'em...

 

[blas32]

I took mine off and put on the Throttlemeister. I almost stripped the head before I found a better fitting screwdriver. Push and make good contact and all of a sudden it will break the thread lock and come out.

 

[BigBSBusa]

No idea, BigBS. Haven't had mine off yet. I checked the manual for you but there aren't any special instructions. Just says remove them. May have a bit of thread lock on 'em...

Thanks, BT.

 

[BigBSBusa]

I took mine off and put on the Throttlemeister.  I almost stripped the head before I found a better fitting screwdriver.  Push and make good contact and all of a sudden it will break the thread lock and come out.

Thanks, Blas. I feel like I am stripping them as it is and I have gone with the largest screwdriver that I can find. I feel like taking out my drill next.

 

[justintime2]

STOP!!!
You must use a "P3" phillips bit for this to come off. If you don't, it will likely strip due to the thread locker used. I had to do this when I changed out my grips and finally found the right bit. Push in hard while you turn. This is the only bit that fits properly. The threads are normal lefty-loosy righty-tighty.

 

[Sam Lin]

I used a hammer impact driver to remove those.

Sam

 

[Mikey D]

I used a hammer impact driver to remove those.

Sam

I was just going to suggest that!

Available at Sears, hold the impact driver with the #3 phillips bit in the head of the screw, turn the body of the driver in the direction you want the screw to turn, wack it with a BFH!

As you can use a 1/2" drive socket on the impact driver, they also work great for removing giant spindle nuts, sprocket nuts and other stubborn fasteners.

Keep mine in my mobile tool box for when I don't have air tools handy.

 

[BigBSBusa]

Thanks for the input guys. Guess I'm off to get a P3 phillips bit and see if I can get this done. Pisses me off because it's really a great day to go ridin'.

 

[BigBSBusa]

Unbelievable! All the effort put into trying to get those bar grips off and all I needed was a change of hardware. The #3 Phillips screwdriver worked like a champ. Thanks to all for the info.

 

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impact driver...

 

[justintime2]

Glad the #3 phillips tip helped! I could not believe how tight those things are put on there.

 

[BigBSBusa]

I do appreciate it JT2. They came off very easily with #3 Phillips. Tips like this are what make this board so great!