Have you taken your existing bar ends off yet? If so... does it look like this on the inside?
If that's the case, then you have a bit of work to do. It's not fun... but it's do-able and if I could do it... then you can do it too. Just takes a bit of time and patience. It took me about an hour and a half. The second side was obviously quicker than the first side.
All you'll need:
- Drill
- Drill bits
- Vice Grips (Needle nose worked best for me)
- Rounded file
- Compressed air if available
- Microfiber cloth
The first thing you need to do is get a drill bit that will fit between the inside of the bars and metal core. You are going to drill out as much of the rubber as possible:
This is what it should look like during or after drilling... I still had to drill a bit more on the bottom:
Next... grab onto the metal core with a set of vice grips. Then twist and pull simultaneously... more twisting than pulling actually. It will eventually rip out. If you are struggling too much... then try to drill out some more rubber. Here's what it will look like when you get it out:
Next, take an air nozzle from your compressor line or a bottle of compressed air to blow out the metal shavings. Use eye protection for obvious reasons. If you don't have access to compressed air, then you can blow the shavings out manually or use a microfiber cloth pushed in with a screw driver.
Here's what the inside will look like with the rubber and metal shavings out:
Next... just take a file and start filing down the rubber that is still stuck to the inside of your bars:
Blow out the shavings once again. Hit the inside with a microfiber cloth.
Once it's clean enough... then just install the CRG mirrors with adapters and boom goes the dynamite:
Hope this helped!
Bob
