bent bar end?

[bike-stan13]

Had a little bit of a low side the other night and in addition to other damage, the right hand bar end bent quite badly and is stopping the throttle from shutting by itself.

If I try and take the bolt out with an allen key the bar end just turns in the handlebar.

Any ideas for how I can get it out?

[soforene]

The bolt will be screwing into a central bar which is usually held in with rubber bushes.
As you screw the bolt in it pulls on the bar, forcing the bushed to expand and holding the bar in situ and therefore your Bar end.
Sounds like you have damaged one of the bushes just enough to make it spin or else the bolt thread has been stripped.
Try physically pulling the Bar End out.

Note that if it does come free then you are probably looking at a new bar end insert and a new throttle assembly at least (oh and a new bolt!).

A non closing throttle is an MOT failure.

[haroman666]

Sounds like a brute force jobby. If it's fucked then you may aswell take it off.

If you can try bending it back, if not, stop...

Hammer time.
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[Bezzer]

You're probably looking at a happy 15-20 minutes with a hacksaw saw through the bar end below the bolt head so you can slide off the weight, be able to get better access to the innards and also check if the throttle tube now returns or if it's mangled/ bent as well.
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[bike-stan13]

Thanks for the tips guys.

Just to clarify, the throttle isn't returning because the bar end is bent at such an angle that part of it is bent into the end of the rubber grip thus stopping it from moving freely.