Saving vintage handgrips when removing them

Greybeard · Jul 16, 2012

I'm trying to install brake control levers on a vintage Schwinn bike. I've been trying to get the handgrips off without destroying them so I can put them back on, but they are fighting me big time. I see people sell used grips on e-bay so there must be a way.

I hope that someone has something. I've tryed heating them with hot water, I taped a bathroom tissue roll on a hairdryer so I could get the heat to the whole thing all at once. Great idea, but it didn't work.

Hate it that a handgrip is smarter than me.

Goat Herder · Jul 16, 2012

Here is an old thread on that subject. I like the compressed air method sometimes.

http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?t=13140

Mike B · Jul 16, 2012

I always use compressed air, works great.

Except with a stuck gell type. I exploded that one -

turkman · Jul 16, 2012

This works for me , take a flathead screwdriver an start a little gap an then spray windex in there,wiggle an rub it around then blow compressed air i e gap thn jus twist it off works for me an save gip ,windex also makes putting them on easyer too, goodluck Later Bob

tooljunkie · Jul 16, 2012

i use glass cleaner for installing them.
heat and compressed air should pop em off.
good luck,they can be difficult.

i have had stubborn hoses,i grease a pick or awl and slide it in between pipe and hose.
grease just needs to be cleaned off after removing.

Greybeard · Jul 16, 2012

Thanks guys. I took the advice in one of the posts in the link. Right by where I was working was the barbi and a spray bottle of cleaner. Screwdriver to open a gap, spray, move the sd, spray, and in a couple minutes was doing the same to the other. Once loose they slid right off.

Thanks again

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