You should not completely remove band clamp. Put the clamp band back onto the brake lever housing and just loosen the bolt insider the lever housing enough to slide band over bar. Make sure your bar is clean of all old wrapping and tape residue. A dirty sticky bar is hard to get a lever on.
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Originally Posted by
colorider
Phobias are for irrational fears. Fear of junk ripping badgers is perfectly rational. Those things are nasty.