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dude! · 2013-01-05 8:34pm

hye there,
i get this handlebar from my friend ,it have been press hardly by stem.....

anyone?

coasty · 2013-01-06 3:09am

Pretty much stuffed.

Lewis · 2013-01-06 3:20am

I did see a trick recently in auto repairing dents were you weld large washes as pulling points you could try welding washers 180 degrees to each other and try to pull out the depressed area???

coasty · 2013-01-06 3:48am

I've always wondered if you could heat the area and use air pressure to "blow out" the crushed area? Would be a bit hit and miss though.

Darkseacret · 2013-01-06 6:16am

If your trying to keep and still use you can cut up a 12 oz drink can in a strip and use it for a thin shim .Wrap it aound bar enough times until you get enough bite.

Last edited by Darkseacret (2013-01-06 6:17am)

dedmann · 2013-01-06 6:25am

push a bunch of steel balls the exact size through the tubing? good luck

killer · 2013-01-06 6:41am

I would fill the very lower portion of the bars with water and freeze them standing up right.

rocs8x9x · 2013-01-06 6:43am

killer wrote:
I would fill the very lower portion of the bars with water and freeze them standing up right.

Dud you ever try this? Interesting idea

The1980s · 2013-01-06 7:07am

killer wrote:
I would fill the very lower portion of the bars with water and freeze them standing up right.

I was thinking this same thing. Not sure how it would work. The steel ball trick would work if u could do it.

JeF · 2013-01-06 11:22am

I'm gonna say your best bet is the shim idea, which ultimately will crimp the bar even more. But I'm thinking with all the other solutions it will just crumple again once you tighten the stem

jsngrimm · 2013-01-06 1:03pm

rocs8x9x wrote:
killer wrote:
I would fill the very lower portion of the bars with water and freeze them standing up right.
Dud you ever try this? Interesting idea

+1 I like this idea, if you really want to save the bars I would try it. Has anyone else ever done this? Sounds like it would work

dedmann · 2013-01-06 6:56pm

i would imagine you would have to cap or constrict the bar ends to keep the pressure/expansion inward.

myone · 2013-01-06 7:04pm

Just bend the other side and make it the same size!!!!

dude! · 2013-01-06 11:49pm

i got the same idea to push a steel ball inside, but currently wanna try to freeze it... hope its working.......

markmc97225 · 2013-01-07 12:31am

You can't get steel balls in there the right size, the ID loses diameter when it bends. So, they won't pass thru the bends.

I've heard some guys are skilled enough on door panels to use heat/cold to reset a metal. Alternate the hot/cold. The stretching/contracting in multiple succession can reset the metal to original size. Could be unban legend however.

killer · 2013-01-07 7:37am

rocs8x9x wrote:
killer wrote:
I would fill the very lower portion of the bars with water and freeze them standing up right.
Dud you ever try this? Interesting idea

I haven't tried it but I wouldn't fill the bars completely. They may split.
A bearing would work but more than likely the weld penetration from the cross bar will not let it pass.

dude! · 2013-01-08 2:56pm

markmc97225 wrote:
You can't get steel balls in there the right size, the ID loses diameter when it bends. So, they won't pass thru the bends.

I've heard some guys are skilled enough on door panels to use heat/cold to reset a metal. Alternate the hot/cold. The stretching/contracting in multiple succession can reset the metal to original size. Could be unban legend however.

i already try to heat and use some ice to cold it down.... it working... but it too slow... i think it is the best way... but i already stop since i think it will made the steel easy to crimp again.... hermmmm

as long my stem can grip it.. it good enough

dude! · 2013-01-08 2:57pm

killer wrote:
rocs8x9x wrote:
killer wrote:
I would fill the very lower portion of the bars with water and freeze them standing up right.
Dud you ever try this? Interesting idea
I haven't tried it but I wouldn't fill the bars completely. They may split.
A bearing would work but more than likely the weld penetration from the cross bar will not let it pass.

yes.. the bend area is quite small... i think its not a good idea.. the ball will stuck...

any idea?

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