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Recreational bicycle rider/bike has busted steering shaft...? |
It's my husband's bike and he uses it a few times a year. The shaft for the handlebars is really loose. When he's going straight, he'll turn the handles but it won't do anything. They can almost spin all the way around. Any self-repair tips anyone can help with? What M R said. Steering stem binder is most likely loose. Stem holds handlebars and slides inside fork steering tube. A wedge or expander is attached to a long bolt with a nut or Allen key nut that is accessible at the top of the stem. See if that nut is loose. If so, center bars and tighten. If it's the newer design ('ahead set') than the steering stem clamps to the fork steering tube. Tighten the clamp bolts. Well, DONT RIDE IT first of all. There's a number of things that could be wrong, but if the shaft is really broken (it's called the steerer tube) then the only solution is a replacement fork. Take it to a bike shop. The only self repair possibility is tighten the stem binder bolt. It's not "busted" the stem is loose. tighten the bolt on top of the handlebar stem. Line up the bars, take a wrench (1/2" probably) and tighten down realitively tight. |
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