Re-Tightening Clamps

[Bennett_J]

So I had to use a hammer to stretch out my Pro-Comp clamp to fit my new HIC bars, I did not do it an excessive amount but for some reason no matter how fucking tight I do the bolts the clamp just isn't clamping, the bottom bolt goes far and is seemingly doing it's job but the top one is having trouble because the clamp is still a bit stretched, how do I fix this? Because re-aligning my bars after every 10 seconds is not very practical or fun

 

[skooterdood32]

Sounds like you stretched it a bit too far.. I'd just put it in a vice or something to push the gap back closer together.

 

[Bennett_J]

Sounds like you stretched it a bit too far.. I'd just put it in a vice or something to push the gap back closer together.

Just tried that and now they wont go back on the damn bars


This.Is.Frustrating.

 

[Kroto]

put the clamp on the bars and then tighten the gap with a vice maybe?

 

[skooterdood32]

^Yeah I was gonna say that next

 

[TUC]

dont stretch the clamp that much, the bolts wont be ligned up with the threads straight and it will strip, instead take a round file and file the inside of the clamp till the inner diameter of it will fit over the bars...

 

[skooterdood32]

Are you sure it's the correct size? I saw titetoyz has them in 2 sizes, 1 1/4 and 1 1/3
EDIT: I mean 1 3/8!

 

[Bennett_J]

Are you sure it's the correct size? I saw titetoyz has them in 2 sizes, 1 1/4 and 1 1/3

It is, it had the shim and I emailed them when I first picked it up