do exactly this^^. The outer diameter of the aluminum tube should be 7/8" and you should get the thickest wall possible (If you're wondering about barends, these fit right in: http://www.danscomp.com/365075.php?cat=PARTS) You're definately going to have to sand/file the inside of your ttube a lot until it fits: DON'T try to hammer it in, because it will get stuck, and you will have trouble getting it back out.Jeff Lukaszeski said:search. put a pipe in, bolt it. get it from onlinemetals.com . your going to have to sand the inside of the ttube though. if you go chromoly, get it from the sr store. if you go alluminum get it from there. i just got alluminum because the ttube will bend before the crossbar.
i took a drill bit, wrapped sand paper around it, taped it so itd stay and used my cordless drill.Dre said:do exactly this^^. The outer diameter of the aluminum tube should be 7/8" and you should get the thickest wall possible (If you're wondering about barends, these fit right in: http://www.danscomp.com/365075.php?cat=PARTS) You're definately going to have to sand/file the inside of your ttube a lot until it fits: DON'T try to hammer it in, because it will get stuck, and you will have trouble getting it back out.Jeff Lukaszeski said:search. put a pipe in, bolt it. get it from onlinemetals.com . your going to have to sand the inside of the ttube though. if you go chromoly, get it from the sr store. if you go alluminum get it from there. i just got alluminum because the ttube will bend before the crossbar.
btw jeff, what did you use to sand down the inside of the ttube? did you use a file or some other kind of tool?
I was thinking of sticking a file into my drill instead of a drill bit, but I couldn't find one that fit right.Jeff Lukaszeski said:i took a drill bit, wrapped sand paper around it, taped it so itd stay and used my cordless drill.Dre said:do exactly this^^. The outer diameter of the aluminum tube should be 7/8" and you should get the thickest wall possible (If you're wondering about barends, these fit right in: http://www.danscomp.com/365075.php?cat=PARTS) You're definately going to have to sand/file the inside of your ttube a lot until it fits: DON'T try to hammer it in, because it will get stuck, and you will have trouble getting it back out.Jeff Lukaszeski said:search. put a pipe in, bolt it. get it from onlinemetals.com . your going to have to sand the inside of the ttube though. if you go chromoly, get it from the sr store. if you go alluminum get it from there. i just got alluminum because the ttube will bend before the crossbar.
btw jeff, what did you use to sand down the inside of the ttube? did you use a file or some other kind of tool?
but i kept yours...DavidMiles47 said:andrew said that u have to do A LOT of sanding before it fits
what i did is i just went to home depot found the right size of pipe, parker cut it down, and parker bolted it and that worked fine and is probably the easiest way