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Old 12-04-2009, 11:56 AM
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OneOfOne (Trevor)
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I extended my CGE bar by simply turning down a length of aluminium round bar (about 100mm long) to the same diameter as the counterweight bar. The screw into the base of the bar is a standard thread, 3/8 or something like that, so I just picked up a bolt from the local hardware store and cut the threaded section off. Tapped a whole in the centre of the extension and screwed them together. The old locking screw just goes into the end of the extension....all up cost was about $10.

Prior to this, the weight had to right at the end of the bar but after I put some other bits on the tube it was too heavy to balance any more.
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