Grip removal

[paulie]

I'm going to be removing old grips and installing heated ones. Will a 12 v. tire pump provide enough psi for the removal job, or do I need to have a serious compressor on hand? TIA,

paulie

 

[jasona1700]

I'm going to be removing old grips and installing heated ones. Will a 12 v. tire pump provide enough psi for the removal job, or do I need to have a serious compressor on hand? TIA,
paulie

I just put a set on yesterday. Wasn't going to use the old grips, so I cut them off...but to put them on, I needed about 120psi (although more would have been nice) so pretty sure the tire pump won't be enough.

 

[Richouse]

You will prob. need a regular compressor. Its not that you need a whole lot of pressure, you will need some volume also. Those little tire pumps will put up 50 or 60 psi but it comes out in a trickle. You want 60 or so psi that comes out fast so it will raise the rubber off the bar and hover (so to speak) the grip off.

Good luck...

 

[twowheelnut]

Heat gun set on low, a thin bladed screw driver and some soapy water in a squirt bottle. And that's not an enema recipe, either.

 

[mahzo6]

Just do it the easy way! Take a very small long screwdriver, I use a philips, squirt some contact cleaner in and pull!! To install spray it good and be fast!!

 

[paulie]

I mentioned this to a friend the other day and he put it all in perspective: "Do you like the grips that are on there?" Answ: "NO".

"Are you ever going to use them again?" Answ: NO. "What's wrong with a shop knife?" Answ: "Nothing".

 

[Bull]

I mentioned this to a friend the other day and he put it all in perspective: "Do you like the grips that are on there?" Answ: "NO". "Are you ever going to use them again?" Answ: NO. "What's wrong with a shop knife?" Answ: "Nothing".

gunny :glare: