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Old 18-08-15, 22:05
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Originally Posted by Ozzz View Post
Hi all,

Iv'e just done this throttle mod while I had the housing apart but I'm wondering if there is supposed to be something stopping the housing slipping towards the brake lever?

I swapped to a majura bar some time ago, it has a hole that i'm guessing accepts a pin from housing but the xt housing / the bar it came with doesn't seem to have one (pin in the housing or hole in the bar).

Just a heads up as well as when the grip slides towards the brake lever it jams the front brake on (i found out the hard way). I had a fall (over) that must have loosened the throttle grip and it later slid inwards, I never noticed until it did so while riding, jamming fast the front caliper : 0

So is there something I can do to stop the grip sliding in?
You can make yourself a locating pin out of a self tapping screw inserted into the switchgear and cutting the head off.



Alternatively a bead of Loctite can give just enough extra sticking power to stop unwanted movement.