Fitting rubber bits

[mike the bike]

I was trying to fit a motor on a Dyson DC14, I usually have to spray the rubber mounting with WD to get it to go in but a customer was whinging about the oily smell.  This time I tried something different.
Alcohol hand cleaning gel.
I used it at home to refit the airbox on my son's Lexmoto.   Best stuff I've ever used to fit rubber bits.

[Bryanj]

I use silicone spray but if you squeeze too hard you cant find it again

[mike the bike]

The hand gel evaporates off once the parts are assembled,  which is an advantage over silicon spray.

[royhall]

I use a good spray of carb cleaner. Best to get it right first-time as you can't budge them afterwards.

[Trigger]

Red Rubber silicone grease, that is what it is for 

[royhall]

And stays loose forever on handlebar grips, but would work well on a vacuum cleaner.

[andy120t]

That would all have been so so useful a few years ago - - - as I stood at the side of the road in Moss Side, happily holding onto my 500/4 with one hand. Something didn't feel quite right but it was only when i was left holding a Baja grip with one hand  (remember those? - foamy things)... that I learnt that hand grips needed sticking on (and no one offered to help me pick her up!)

 Hairspray was the thing in the eighties, but technology moves on!