I have a Magnum that I took off the bag fillers to put on a backrest. The backrest is really loose on the bars and I know my Tour had some gray pieces on the bars. I found the pieces online but there's like 12 pieces and they're like $75 for all of them. Can I get a piece of PVC pipe to slip on there?
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I have a Magnum that I took off the bag fillers to put on a backrest. The backrest is really loose on the bars and I know my Tour had some gray pieces on the bars. I found the pieces online but there's like 12 pieces and they're like $75 for all of them. Can I get a piece of PVC pipe to slip on there?
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Yeah, measure across to get the size. PVC or rubber tube would be good... Either of them you can split with a dremel, hacksaw or razor blade to snap over the existing mounts. If you go PVC, slightly smaller than the bracket mounts would probably be best, then they'll fit tighter when you snap them on. Rubber won't matter but if you choose this route, they'll likely pop off when you remove the lock-n-ride part. Probably $4 in material and 20 minutes of manual labor.
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Yeah. I got the part numbers off a new one at the dealer. I bought the backrest from a former owner.
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I think @HenryT is right; my XCT came with the bushings because of the trunk, and I got bushings with the backrest. I think I already gave them to another member (it's been 4 years.)
Consider good quality shrink tube; the bushings are a hard plastic, and are split to fit, but about as thick as shrink tube.
Consider good quality shrink tube; the bushings are a hard plastic, and are split to fit, but about as thick as shrink tube.
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Time to revive this thread. Does anyone happen to have a set of bushing laying around or at least know the size I can go buy in a hardware store somewhere? I just bought a Magnum X1 from a friend and want to throw the passenger back rest so my wife can enjoy the bike as well.
The electrical tape idea could get me by in the mean time if I have to go that route.
The electrical tape idea could get me by in the mean time if I have to go that route.
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Coincidentally I came across this the other day while looking for something else.
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Still need to figure out the proper size. I need to make time to tear down one of other Cross Countrys to get the bushing size. I was just hoping someone had already done the hard work so I didn't have to take measurements.Coincidentally I came across this the other day while looking for something else.
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Mmmm hmmm, you weren’t raised that way and I’m gonna tell on you hahaha.
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Grab a piece of string, wrap around, mark where it meets, measure mark to mark then simple math. C=piĂ—D or D=cĂ·pi (where D is diameter, c is circumference and pi is 3.14159) and because it's metric, multiply that by 25.4 to get the mm measurement.
Or grab some calipers. If I knew where mine were I'd run out and check. I'm thinking roughly â…ž" diameter or 22ish mm.
They're split so if you're close enough they'll still work. Come to think of it, I might have some spare bushings, I'll check and let you know. If I recall there were split flanged and non-flanged tubes that came with the passenger backrest kit. I think the split went on first then the tubes so they'd spin freely. My memory isn't so good 10 years later.
Or grab some calipers. If I knew where mine were I'd run out and check. I'm thinking roughly â…ž" diameter or 22ish mm.
They're split so if you're close enough they'll still work. Come to think of it, I might have some spare bushings, I'll check and let you know. If I recall there were split flanged and non-flanged tubes that came with the passenger backrest kit. I think the split went on first then the tubes so they'd spin freely. My memory isn't so good 10 years later.
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I have learned to work smart not hard. Then again I usually end up making work harder then it needs to be. I guess I was never a good learner lol.
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Luckily I found my calipers. The bracket is 20mm dia and the bushing is 23mm so 1mm thick plastic. I'm not doing the metric<>imperial calculations.
Edited the wall thickness, it's 1mm so it can spin.
Edited the wall thickness, it's 1mm so it can spin.
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Had my dad measure the ID of the saddle bag fillers while I was at work and he was getting around 7/8 on that ID. Which was closer to 20 mm but the OD of the 20 mm bushings I was looking at was greater that the ID of the passenger rest mount.
I think the bushings you shared with me aren't as thick as the ones I was looking at from grainger.
Now that I'm home I can use my Dad's calibers to actually measure the mounts where the bushings ride.
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Also, the tubes aren't split on mine (although i do have some split ones somewhere. There's a short piece with no flange then the flanged bit then the saddlebag.
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I only have bushings on the rear bracket tubes. The front aren't supposed to be, the backrest or trunk has rubber and you don't need those to spin anyway.
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I remember installing these bushing, they are a cylinder or pipe and not split. I had to remove the saddlebag mounting brackets to slid them over the mounting bars. There are bushing at all four mounting points.
Mine also came with the backrest. I know there is a part number since the bushings were a recall or something like that. ( If I remember correctly)
Mine also came with the backrest. I know there is a part number since the bushings were a recall or something like that. ( If I remember correctly)
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I went directly to Igus's website. You can find just about anything there and not terribly expensive.
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