In typical fashion for me, my bars arrived and I had not yet made a move on purchasing a stem-spreading device. Eager to install them, I dug around my tool bins. Drawing inspiration from Bill's recommendation of the park disc tool, I used a short and wide wood chisel with a rag over it to spread the stem. It worked quite well! I don't think I did any damage to the chisel, however this approach is probably not ideal if you are exceptionally particular about the edges on your chisels. Cheers!
Brian On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 11:45:12 PM UTC-6 Brian Forsee wrote: > Thanks to all for the ideas! The snap ring pliers and the disc brake tool > both seem like great options and I am far from adverse to buying new tools. > > Brian > On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 5:52:38 PM UTC-6 cycli...@gmail.com wrote: > >> >> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002INOFSA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 >> >> Powerbuilt Internal Snap Ring Pliers >> >> On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 9:25:51 AM UTC-8 MTR wrote: >> >>> Throw some masking tape over a flat head or whatever you use to spread >>> the stem to prevent scratches. I didn’t find the towel rack bars tight to >>> get on a nitto dirt drop stem, but your experience may vary. >>> >>> Best, >>> Morgan >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 5:27:37 PM UTC-5 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/53e3ac1b-a971-45a8-bb10-7f53e47bf6efn%40googlegroups.com.
