Ergon biocork? I think that's are area that would be ok to introduce a bit of heat - I'd go for that before adding more torque to the bolt head - maybe lighter/butane lighter grade heat, not torch heat. If'n that fails, I'd drip a bit more oil in there and go with short turning motions with the hex key to simulate a hammer drill type of effect. If'n that fails I'd go full torque and prepare for the stripping of the bolt head. When that happens I'd whip out my dremel and cut a slot in the head of the bolt and start attacking it with a screwdriver. When that fails I'd start cutting away more of the bolt head with my dremel until it's substantially reduced or removed enough so as to be able to remove the grip because it's no longer holding tension. I'd then set about backing the remainder of the screw out of the grip if I were so inclined to not explain how I really felt about it with a sledgehammer. I might then contact Ergon about the extent of their warranty :)
-Jeff Silver Spring, MD On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:12 PM, Pondero <[email protected]> wrote: > So I snugged the small hex screw (that holds the grip to the bar) down > nice and tight, then rode (and sweated) for a couple of years. Now I want > to remove my Ergon grips to install some new brake levers. But the screws > don't move. So far I've sprayed the screw with WD40 I had handy. My hex > key twists, and I fear I'm on the edge of stripping the head. What should > be my next step? > > Thanks for any tips... > > Chris Johnson > Sanger, Texas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
