If you are motivated (or just wiling) to buy a tool, give a look at the Park PP-1.2 https://www.parktool.com/en-us/product/hydraulic-brake-piston-press-pp-1-2?category=Brakes
That's a hydraulic brake piston press, but it's the perfect size and shape and "stoutness" for stem spreading. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 2:27:37 PM UTC-8 bmfo...@gmail.com wrote: > I've got some towel rack drop bars on the way to me that will be going on > my newly acquired AHH. I was planning on picking up one of the tools nitto > makes specifically for spreading single-bolt stems but Crust was out of > stock. I've installed plenty of bars using the ole flat head method, which > always works, but i usually end up with a scratch or two. Anybody got any > good alternative methods I'm not thinking of? > > Thanks! > -Brian > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2ebf5ede-06d3-4ce0-bc8e-422343d55f49n%40googlegroups.com.