Securing a new footpeg rubber'

78jotadave

78jotadave

Hero member
Location
Palm Desert, California. (near Palm Springs)
I recently replaced my original 78 Jota's footpeg rubbers with some new replacement (non Laverda) rubbers. There were several reasons why I replaced the originals: they looked old, as in older than dirt, there were bits and chunks of rubber missing, and they no longer absorbed any vibrations. I took the assistance of a heat gun to get them to move even 10mm, but I persevered and removed them intact.
The new ones look good, and they certainly absorb all the vibration the old ones never did. The problem is they keep moving. I have tried different adhesives, super glue, contact adhesive, and black crap from a tube, etc. Initial hold is good, but a week or so later, the rubber pegs begin to rotate, a bit of an annoyance.
Does anyone have any experience with this problem? It does take quite a bit of effort to slide the new pegs into place, and the final push requires a few blows from a mallet, so the initial friction fit is tight. Cheers Dave
 
There is handlebar grip glue or try a red Loctite 518 anerobic that dries w/o air contact. There's also safety wiring the peg rubbers like some do w/ grips.
 
Everything except foam grips. Superglue eats foam. I have terrible luck with gluing anything on motorcycles, odd considering how many years I spent gluing shit for work. I just go whole hog now and use High Strength Epoxy. And just cut any old stuff off when replacing.
 
Vince said:
Everything except foam grips. Superglue eats foam. I have terrible luck with gluing anything on motorcycles, odd considering how many years I spent gluing shit for work. I just go whole hog now and use High Strength Epoxy. And just cut any old stuff off when replacing.
Click to expand...
As in TEC7? I would expect that to hold them ok.
 
The issue I had was with Oxford Heated Grips. After a few months of fitting right in the middle of an Oxley Hwy ride, my throttle started closing on its own. It took a bunch of cable ties pulled up dead tight to keep it open. When I got home, I tried more Super Glue, and it happened again, slippage. Maybe mine had more clearance. In the end, I just used Selleys High Strength Epoxy, which has worked now for a good few years. Those grips are very hard, so any clearance between the grip and the plastic throttle tube doesn't help.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top