Quote Originally Posted by Euclid440 View Post
Gasoline works very well to slip rubber over metal and has the added advantage of once it dries, (a few minutes) the rubber is glued on. Just squirt a bit inside and slip it on, they become very slippery, and you have a few seconds to adjust the fit, if needed.

Years ago, when I worked in a Motorcycle shop, this is how we replaced rubber hand grips. You have to cut them off, once dry.
Hmm... never tried the gasoline trick. In our shop, we just used a compressed air nozzle and put it against the hole in the end of most grips, thumb over the other end of the handlebar, a bit of air and that grip would balloon up and slide right on.

The other way I'm familiar with is grip tape and grip fluid used for rubber handles on golf clubs... Those grips will NEVER let go!


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Kaptain "The things you learn... after your retired" Zero