Handlebar Stem keeps loosening
04-13-05, 05:51 PM
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Handlebar Stem keeps loosening
My MTB handlebar bar stem keeps coming loose from the headset no matter how much I tighten the stem. This just started happening about a week ago with no previous adjustments being made.
Now it is so bad that my simple riding and grip/pulling on the handlebars will slowly cause the stem to be pulled up from of the headset and I have to stop once on the way to work and then on the way home to reposition and re-tighten the stem.
Is there anyway to fix this short of replacing the stem and or headset?
The headset that I am using is similar to this one.
https://tinyurl.com/5pwzf
Now it is so bad that my simple riding and grip/pulling on the handlebars will slowly cause the stem to be pulled up from of the headset and I have to stop once on the way to work and then on the way home to reposition and re-tighten the stem.
Is there anyway to fix this short of replacing the stem and or headset?
The headset that I am using is similar to this one.
https://tinyurl.com/5pwzf
04-13-05, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by trickdog
My MTB handlebar bar stem keeps coming loose from the headset no matter how much I tighten the stem. This just started happening about a week ago with no previous adjustments being made.
Now it is so bad that my simple riding and grip/pulling on the handlebars will slowly cause the stem to be pulled up from of the headset and I have to stop once on the way to work and then on the way home to reposition and re-tighten the stem.
Is there anyway to fix this short of replacing the stem and or headset?
The headset that I am using is similar to this one.
https://tinyurl.com/5pwzf
Now it is so bad that my simple riding and grip/pulling on the handlebars will slowly cause the stem to be pulled up from of the headset and I have to stop once on the way to work and then on the way home to reposition and re-tighten the stem.
Is there anyway to fix this short of replacing the stem and or headset?
The headset that I am using is similar to this one.
https://tinyurl.com/5pwzf
04-13-05, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sydney
It has nothing to do with the headset. You sure have the quill bolt properly tightened and haven't stripped the bolt or wedge threads?
04-13-05, 09:08 PM
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Maybe get a new bolt then. You and many other people may of gotten a bad batch of bolts out of the factory, the bolt could of been machined a litle to small.
