Removing grips from '74 Raleigh Sport
04-24-12, 07:37 PM
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Removing grips from '74 Raleigh Sport
I'm restoring a 1974 Raleigh Sport for my wife, and now that my cottered crank nightmare is over I've moved on to general clean up and de-rusting. I need to get the grips off of the handlebars so I can remove everything else to clean them up and do a selective vinegar soak to get rid of the rust. I CANNOT get the grips off (and have started having cotter flashbacks!) - I have tried CAREFULLY prying up the edges in 2 or 3 spots and shooting WD-40 in the gap and then let is sit for a few minutes and then trying to twist the grip. They will not budge. I am reluctant to dump the whole thing in a vinegar bath (grips included) for fear it will damage the grips, so it looks like I may be in for a lot of manual scrubbing with steel wool and vinegar.
I have thought maybe heating the grips up a bit with a hairdryer, but again don't want to damage them. Any thoughts and/or success stories? Thanks for any help!!
I have thought maybe heating the grips up a bit with a hairdryer, but again don't want to damage them. Any thoughts and/or success stories? Thanks for any help!!
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Whoops - found a thread tallking about this already, guess I didn't do a thorough search. How can I close/delete this thread?
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Warm water soak for a few minutes. They've got holes in the ends, right? plug one of them and stick a pump in the other, you know the cone shaped attachement for inflating inflatable beach toys and such?
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Used the air compressor tonight and they popped right off! Seriously cool!
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you can do it with a manual pump but the compressor is so easy.Aaron
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