Help with fitting Syncros Stem/Bar Combo

[mk one]

Edit, like already mentioned

 

[Once A Hero]

You say a coin won't work, but two will.

How? I don’t have enough hands

 

[Corduroyboy]

Has the stem been powder-coated? Looks pretty fresh! Might it have excess powdercoat inside the bar clamp area?

 

[troje]

Brute force does seem the most likely. What did you wedge the stem with?

The biggest flat head screwdriver you can find. As others said, fit the shim on the bar, slide it in until it gets stuck, wedge it, slide a bit further, loud foul language helps, then at some point wedge the other side.

 

[Once A Hero]

Has the stem been powder-coated? Looks pretty fresh! Might it have excess powdercoat inside the bar clamp area?

Might have been, but inside the clamp is free of paint.

 

[Once A Hero]

The biggest flat head screwdriver you can find. As others said, fit the shim on the bar, slide it in until it gets stuck, wedge it, slide a bit further, loud foul language helps, then at some point wedge the other side.

One bolt point at a time? I’d been working on the basis I need to open the clamp up evenly on both bolt points - hence not having two hands for that and a third for feeding the bar in.

I agree though that shim on the bar first is the way to go, just haven’t been able to get the shim all the way through - yet.

Thanks all, I’ll persist as I was.

 

[Cloverleaf]

One bolt point at a time? I’d been working on the basis I need to open the clamp up evenly on both bolt points - hence not having two hands for that and a third for feeding the bar in.

I agree though that shim on the bar first is the way to go, just haven’t been able to get the shim all the way through - yet.

Thanks all, I’ll persist as I was.

Slide the first coin in, nip the bolt up at the back to hold the coin. Insert coin into the second slot and nip up from behind to keep that in place too, then alternately tighten the bolts by 1/4 each at a time until the shim can be easily moved.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

You say a coin won't work, but two will.

The cost of living crisis is hard. Not everyone has two coins, you know!

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Slide the first coin in, nip the bolt up at the back to hold the coin. Insert coin into the second slot and nip up from behind to keep that in place too, then alternately tighten the bolts by 1/4 each at a time until the shim can be easily moved.

That's how I've done it, alternatively a small steel rule (like one of those little 4" or 6" ones) across the slot, that way you're less likely to have a coin drop out if you go too far with the other bolt.

 

[bikeworkshop]

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