General Category => Frame, Tank, Seat, Controls, Etc => Topic started by: Mike Sal on March 11, 2012, 05:36:30 PM
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Worked most of the weekend on the garage project. My back is killin' me.....It started to rain, so I packed up that project (only to see it stop after just a sprinkle.....cost me 3 hours of work time.....)
Anyway, took some time to finish the dissassembly of the frame (getting that cotter pin out of the kick stand bolt was a pain) & handlebar. What holds the inner piece (# 765 "insert") in the handle bar? Mine dosn't seem to want to pull out. Do I have to remove the long screw (#766 "Clamping washer, screw & lockwasher")? Also, the manual shows a piece that my bike doesn't have (#770 "reinforcing insert"). Should I have this piece, or is it something that got eliminated in later models?
Mike Sal
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Part #765 has a double taper. As you tighten the screw, #766, it pulls the cams together, which grip the inside of the handle bars. I asked Wayne the same question, as his kit doesn't come with #770 either. He said the part was not needed as he makes the parts out of a heavier gauge than the originals. I wonder if simplex did that also in the latter years. Of the three bikes I have, none still had the original twist throttle on them. They aware all missing, and two of them were replace by a half-assed pull brake throttle. The only thing I did to the one from Wayne was run a sanding scroll inside part #762, this made the action much smoother, and fit better over the new handlebars.
Rick
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Oh, btw, if you tap #765 into the handlebar slightly, after loosening the screw, it should pop loose.
Rick
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Thanks Rick. Actually, I had to clamp #765 in a vice & gently twist back & forth to get it to loosen up. After I got it out the wedge clamp concept makes sense (the drawings in the catalog were just too vague to get a handle on it).
All the parts are in good condition & there are no corrosion issues, other than the bad chrome on the handlebar itself.
I sure wish Walmart had not killed all the bicycle companies in America. I used to work for AMF wheel goods division (we made the red & white triccycles you rode when you were a little kid...we were the worlds largest maker of trikes.....after walmart got done with us the name was changed to Roadmaster). I had access to all kinds of bending equipment in the model shop & the plating room. If I had only known, I could have made up things like handlebars.
Mike Sal