Originally Posted by
V3nom
Hello there and sorry if my question is not in the right place. I have some oldish Phoenix road bike. My handlebar has the Quill with same cone expander. I have it inside my bolt, but
as much as i tighten it never gets really good grip and i can easily put the handle bar out of the straight line i want.... Any thoughts?
Thank you for ur time!
Pull out the stem and make sure the bolt is threading into the wedge and not just turning it in circles. Screw the bolt far enough into the wedge so it only need a few turns to tighten it. You can even tighten it outside the steerer tube and then back the bolt off a little to fit it into the steerer.
The other possibility is the threads are stripped. I haven’t experienced that but the environments some bikes go through can cause most anything.
John