Rotating switchgear

[mattycoops43]

Hi there

Fitted new bars today, standard 7/8" fitting. The indicator switch gear was loose on the old bars, and now they are both loose, as in, will turn if you push them.

In the past I have tried using insulating tape to take up the slack but it's too soft for the switchgear to clamp on, is there something I can use that will actually work?

Thanks

Matt

[Tango]

Maybe a bit of bicycle inner tube cut down to size?

[megawatt]

I use a folded piece of wet n dry.

[mattycoops43]

OOO Inner tube! I got one of those knocking around! Thanks for the suggestions guys!

[Stu]

Don't they have locating holes like all of the ones I have seen?

[mattycoops43]

No, not on there before, and the bars that came off are aftermarkwt anyway.

[Stu]

Just out of interest take a look at the switch gear to see if it used to have the pins they might have been broken off for the old bars

[mattycoops43]

I will look and I expect they did have, but the new bars have no holes either so I'll try some thin rubber.

[oslin06]

I have had this on two other bikes i have had before I solved it by making up a stainless steel strip mounted from the switch forward clamp screw to the brake lever bolt, secures it all nicely.

Keith