Can anyone help me by letting me know How I can remove a pair of Handgrips without ruining them .Thank You..

Use water or an air hose. For both methods you just need to get one end off the bar a bit. Squirt in water or spray in the air, rotate grip and pull off!

Slip a little screwdriver under them, from the inside (close to your brake levers) and spray in an liberal dose of WD-40, while twisting the grip with your other hand. You may need to move the screwdriver around and spray more. Just be patient. When done, wash everything off with soap and water and look at your wife as she stares at you like you're nuts for going through the entire mess, at all.

I use WD-40- the little straw works good for squirting down into the grip.

Make sure you wash the grips well- don't leave oil sitting on the rubber.



edit: sunburn beat me to it!

Thank You I used the WD-40 Worked great And Yes my Wife looked at me when I asked her to get me a rag because it was going all over the Kitchen Floor HA HA HA HA HA ............

i use simple green the same way as the wd-40.
with simple green it will dry up and not leave a residue or be slippery like wd-40.

i do it like mentioned above...........the old air compressor with the trigger nozzle. stick it under and its off.

I use Sunburn1972's method, but with Windex. It's more slippery than water and a lot less messy than WD-40.

NOW... what's the best way for putting them on? This windex thing... sounds good. I've been using WD-40 for installation as well, with no problemos for like.. 20 years. I think I got that tip out of some old azz BMX Plus! Tech Tips! BITD.

I guess everyone has their methods, but this was covered pretty thouroughly in the Restoration Tips section:

http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index....owtopic=4006127

Ted Carl pretty much dropped the science on us better than Mr. Wizard about all the different tricks people use. He recommends air for installation and removal. I've personally never used air, but Ted swears by it, and if you've ever read any of his posts, the guy seems like a genius. All of his posts are a good read.

I always install my grips dry using 5 to 6 zip ties left between the grip and bar then slide the grip on. The zip ties act as "lubricant". Once installed, simpy grab the head of the zip tie and pull them off one by one. No need to wait for anything to dry off.

Water for removal. Stuff a blunt/rounded head screwdriver or similiar between the grip and bar and squirt a little water, twist and off it comes.

timo, what don't you have a picture of? lol

I use cheap azz hair spray for instalation. one light spritz, and slid it right on. plus the tacky ness of the spray holds the grip in place.

Soo I'm riding today, and notice my left A'me is all loose feeling on the outer half. I can turn it plainly! Considering that it's 60 degrees and no humidity, I find this odd. Sooo tomorrow, I'm plannin' on nerding out and removing it, and then re-installing it, trying that cheap azz hair spray method.

And Timo...

LOL! Bob-O said it best!

;-)

Ahh yes, handgrips. having changed seemingly thousands of grips some whilst screaming and struggling; others...not so bad.
Here's a few tricks that I learned/invented along the way.
Fro removal (FRO removal?)
No, for removal i sometimes use a spoke. cut off the threads, round that end a bit on a grinder. the flange end I bend once and bend again, so it's like a crank.
Slide it under the grip but carefoul not THROUGH the grip, it syou have WD or Simple Green hairspray or the like, squirt it in. If you are out in the bush and have none of them there modern chemicals, I have used lung power. Try to blow into the grip so the condesation gets in there.
Start cranking the spoke and working it around to break the seal.
It works, but a compressor is way faster.
It's like survivalist grip removal, commando style.
Also, for installing grips what I found to work is to cap one end of the grip with your hand and blow into the other, the condensation is just the right amount to install the grip and dry almost instantly.
Just a grip tip from your pal Al

wd40
screwdriver
plenty of care (especially with B1B's !!!)

See, should've used those zip ties, lol! JK




Can't think of anything right now.. lol!!
Runs in the family i guess, camera strapped on the other hand.

Back to the grips for a second, before i install them (dry) i carefully clean the surface of the bars squaky clean, that's crucial. New grips grab like crazy on clean, dry bars but if re-installing old grips they might be slightly stretched (in diameter too) and might start to turn a bit.

Compressed air would be perfect though, but since not owning a car or workshop/space where i could store it, it's not happening anytime soon.

Al ness,
i use blunted spoke for removal too to get the water in. Works great.