Walmart Quest Mountain Bike Assembly
12-06-06, 09:24 AM
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Walmart Quest Mountain Bike Assembly
Has anyone else came across an issue with Handlebar assembly? I got the Walmart 39.99 Bike by Quest. I was trying to assemble the handlebars and cannot seem to get the bar down inside the frame. I noticed a black cap that is covering the end of the bar that gets inserted into the frame.
Is this cap suppose to come off? At the top of the bar is an Allen Wrench bolt. I tried hammering with rubber mallot and then end of the bakc cap broke and I noticed the bolt, and this leads me to believe that this cap must come off, but it is on securly.
Any help would be appreciated. This is the last thing I have to do.
Thanks,
Jay
Is this cap suppose to come off? At the top of the bar is an Allen Wrench bolt. I tried hammering with rubber mallot and then end of the bakc cap broke and I noticed the bolt, and this leads me to believe that this cap must come off, but it is on securly.
Any help would be appreciated. This is the last thing I have to do.
Thanks,
Jay
12-06-06, 09:27 AM
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Jay, welcome to BikeForums.
Pictures of the situation would surely help. But I'm going to have to say that you're getting what you pay for in a $40 bicycle.
I'm going to redirect this thread over to the bicycle mechanics forum and maybe they'll be able to help you a little more.
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Pictures of the situation would surely help. But I'm going to have to say that you're getting what you pay for in a $40 bicycle.
I'm going to redirect this thread over to the bicycle mechanics forum and maybe they'll be able to help you a little more.
{Mechanics - be nice to the gent will ya'?
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12-06-06, 09:54 AM
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If the cap is on the side that goes into the steerer, it has to come off. Is the cap anything like the clear plastic cap on the steerer in this photo it has to come off: https://sheldonbrown.com/images/pop-top-stem.jpg
Maybe if you try loosening the allen bolt on the top it might come off easier.
maybe this helps:
https://sheldonbrown.com/handsup.html#threaded
Maybe if you try loosening the allen bolt on the top it might come off easier.
maybe this helps:
https://sheldonbrown.com/handsup.html#threaded
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Originally Posted by DieselDan
Better use: target practice.
OP - original poster - we await more info to try to help.
12-06-06, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bkaapcke
Do you mean to tell me I paid $110.00 for pedals and you got a whole bike for $40.00? I must have it all wrong! bk
12-07-06, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by keemex
dont you ever go to walmart for bike...
I'm not well off enough to afford to pay someone to work on my car, so I taught myself. If you can't afford a bike shop bike, you need to head to the library (free!) and check out a book on bike maintenance and become your own department store bike repair "expert".
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12-07-06, 11:20 AM
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I think you haven't got a good answer because your description of the problem and the parts you have is too vague. If you could post a picture of the parts in question we could give you a better answer.
The first question to answer is do you have a threaded or threadless stem? See this page to help identify. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/headsets.html
The first question to answer is do you have a threaded or threadless stem? See this page to help identify. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/headsets.html
