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How can i fix stripped handlebars???

I've tried and tried time and time again and i still can't get them darn things fixed.I've tried glues,sodering,Tightening,loosening even replacing and i just can't get it and i don't have the money to fix it.I picked up some new handle bars from a friend and i tried removing the old one i loosened the stem and pulled,hammered.Please help me!!It's a free spirit adult tricycle.

Nick Mattson, March 2006

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Please help me I can't seem to find a way to fix my stripped bolts to my handlebars someone please help

Bmx tyler, September 2014

i have tried everything from a piece of inner tube rubber,sandpaper,beer can, electrical tape,rubber bands,.. nothing seems to help..

mike, May 2012

im takeing a bike apart and the handlebars are
stuck because of the bolt in the middle its stripped help me!

matt, May 2009

The handle bars on my harley kept slipping. I took the riser clamps off and put a piece of dywall sanding cloth between the riser and the handle bar. Be careful not to tighten the risers too tight. I over tightened them once and stripped the riser housing. I tapped the holes and put in bigger set screws. Good luck...............

david, June 2008

take the peice that holds your handle bars to your bike off then put a dime or a quater in there and then tighten the screws on top of it. tighten as tight as possible.

zach margazano, October 2007

my mountain bike won't shift at all i tried all kind of stuff

logan, May 2007

If the handle bar is loose on ths stem,loosed the clamp bolt and open it up a little , then slip in a piece of emery cloth and re clamp it and the clamp will hold.If you want to get the stem out you need to undo the screw a few turn and then knoch the screw down into the stem to release the wedge inside and then pull up and twist the handle bars at the same time

Alan, April 2006

Not seeing it, it is a little hard. Can they be shimmed? open the collar up wide then wrap a thin sheet of steel around the area of the handlebar that had grip lines then tighten the bolt good and tight? Or is the tightening bolt stripped too?

Jim, March 2006