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From: tom@oasys.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Squeaky handlebars
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Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 10:26:03 EDT
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> 
> 	Since my original posting elicited no response, I thought I'd
>     have another stab at it.
>  
> The posting:
> 
> 	I've got a problem:  my year-and-a-half old Miyata 1000 has
>     recently started suffering from creaky handlebars.  They creak
>     when I apply pressure on one side or the other, but not both,
>     which leads me to think that the stem or headset might be the problem.
>     I've tried tightening the stem clamp, but to no avail.  Does anyone
>     have any ideas?  If it will help, the bars are the alloy type with
>     a reinforcing tube in the centre (Sakae Road Champion Randonneur),
>     stem is an SR Royal, and headset is a Tange Levin sealed bearing.
> 
> 		Thanks in advance,
> 			Kevin
> -- 
>    
>                           Kevin Chapman
>                           Computer Communications Networks Group
>                           Waterversity of Uniloo
>                           'Loo, Ont., Canada

The details of where and how your bars and stem squeak don't really
matter.  Just apply some grease to every point where metal contacts       
metal.  This includes the binder bolt and its threads, the wedge piece
that screws on to it, the point where the binder bolt seats at the top of 
the stem , all points on the bolt in the stem that tightens down on
the bars, and the area where the stem contacts the bars, and the area
around the stem where it slides down into the head tube.

			Tom Nelson


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