Arrgh!!! my Cusco FSTB is busted!

Willser93 · 08-31-2007, 02:45 AM

My new bar got tweaked badly in shipping. Does anyone out there have a spare aluminum center adjustment piece and nuts for a Cusco ST type (Adjustable tube type) bar like the ones in the group buys. Mine is DOA. Anyone have one of these eat themselves before and have any luck finding a replacement piece? I called around and the guys at 2 Cusco distributors both said that cusco does not sell parts, only whole bars. A load of crap or the truth? If not has anyone had one of these fabricated for them as a replacement?

Thanks for the help.

98sr20ve · 08-31-2007, 10:03 AM

Having not seen your bar.....I will assume that......Take the parts to a Fastner Store and they can get you what you need. Hopefully they are not reverse thread parts AND metric. That might be the only tough part.

HkSBlueBird4u · 08-31-2007, 11:25 AM

post pics might be an easy fix

Willser93 · 08-31-2007, 01:11 PM

Replacement sadly, basically it's a hexagonal aluminum bar that is threaded on one side and reverse threaded on the other, those screw into the middle of 2 high strength steel bars that attach to the front struts. I haven't accurately measured it yet but I'd guess that since it's from Japan it's metric. It worked before it was shipped and when I got it it was locked up tight. Box looked like it was supported on both ends with something heavy in the middle (ie folded into a "C"shape lenthwise.) Unscrewing it basically crushed->stripped completly the threads for about 1/4 inch on one side and close to an inch on the other. I could probably cut the damaged threads off but I'm worried about the stability of the bar losing that much attachment...

I'll see if I can get some picks up later....it's not a happy