tight head set

[Badbaldie]

got an old frame and forks cant get top nut off a tange head set , its tight as fook  drowned it in wd 40 but try as i might it wont budge . not bothered to much about head set as im gona replace it but i got to get it off first ... HELP.

[brettypeeps]

Use an angle grinder and take your time. Grind two of the side ( opposite) until they get thin then back to a spanner and it should snap.  Just gind slowly once you are through the worst of the metal you could swap to a course file so as no to damage the forks.

[brettypeeps]

Try hitting it with a hammer to shock the corrosion into breaking

[MartyC]

put a wheel into the forks and stand with the wheel between your knees, use a large pair of adjustables (not a swan neck) or a pair of Stilsons and undo it 

[waza04]

there's no substitute for big amount of leverage................... 

[ozone]

there's no substitute for big amount of leverage................... 

Nice muscle-top.   

[brettypeeps]

Heat aswell get a blow torch on it 

[58 delray]

you could try a nut splitter, available from decent motor factors 

[QUADROPHENIA]

just smash it up man...ffs

[Badbaldie]

thanks for all the advice lads. in the end wheel on, heat on gently tighten, well tighten even more. than eventually got it off  so some TW Airlines T maid had used some kind of lock tight /metal glue or something  anyway its off now and threads on the forks are ok

[QUADROPHENIA]

should have smashed it

[brettypeeps]

thanks for all the advice lads. in the end wheel on, heat on gently tighten, well tighten even more. than eventually got it off  so some TW Airlines T maid had used some king of lock tight /metal glue or something  anyway its off now and threads on the forks are ok

Nice 1

[MartyC]