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The right hand footpeg on Thumper has always been crooked, so I decided to fit new ones. In chrome!

Kudos, for once, to the post office. I put the order in on friday and Hitchcocks picked, packed and shipped the same day. Today is monday and the parts are here already..


Getting the old pegs off was a doddle, putting the new ones on was also easy. The hard part was getting the rubbers off the old ones and fitting them to the new. They are tight and stubborn!


That experience richer, I thought I might pass on a tip.. Remove the rubbers before you take the footpegs off and refit them after you put the new ones on the bike. It's nearly impossible using a bench vice to hold the pegs.


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Cool, eh?

Looks like a good job, only,......................................I bet someone tells you they are footrest's not pegs.

One trick I always use is soak the rubbers in very hot water to soften them and expand them, they then come off and one a bit easier.

Nice bit of Bling.
A drop of petrol lubricates rubbers and, of course, evaporates afterwards.

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Good on Thumper, but I'll have to keep the green ones on Tornado.

Denis c, you just did! 😉 And petrol might lube rubber, it will also attack it, and if enough, will melt it!

Who me? 😇

I used a drop of WD40.. seemed to help.. If the rubbers go bad, new ones aren't expensive... Hey -ho..

Whatever is in WD40 dissolves rubber too. I've had rubber bicycle grips turn into lace doilies from using the stuff. Silicone oil may help getting them off (not on) although the last time I did the rubbers I just used brute force. The other stuff is Fairy liquid, I have been known to use brake cleaner spray (or carb cleaner) to remove silicone and to lube handlebar rubbers on.

In most circumstances washing up liquid work well for fitting things like footrest rubbers.

For things like cork gaskets and O-rings, an application of coconut oil, (it is a grease at room temperature an oil at blood heat,) is helpful and it is only £1 for a small jar. (It is also handy for sore skin and chafing.)