Stem help !!

[tobytyke]

My new build arrived today

The stem Allen bolt is fooked, rounded out & rusted to Fook

Need it off  as to get the forks off

Any tips 

Lee 

[Peter J]

Drill (better if you know someone with a pillar drill)

A steady hand

and a rubber hammer 

Oh and WD40

[theRuler]

If it protrudes from the stem, an external stud extractor would do the job.

[tobytyke]

The bolt is not protruding
Just tried drilling with no impact what so ever
   

[theRuler]

Get a hold of some spline bits.

The one for VW driveshafts is just a fraction bigger than a 6mm allen key - you should be able to get this spline bit at a good car accessory shop.

Get this VW driveshaft spline bit, and hammer it into the the allen bolt.

Also before you do it,  pour a kettle of boiling water over it - the heat may help you out.

[stidds]

put up a picture of the offending bolt so we can see what we are dealing with.

[Peter J]

put up a picture of the offending bolt so we can see what we are dealing with.

 

[tobytyke]

Desperate times calls for desperate measures

Hack sawed the Cnut off 

Wanted to keep the forks as now the remainder of the stem & wedge etc is stuck firm

Lee 

[theRuler]

So the bolt didn't protrude, but you managed to hacksaw it off?

Or - you hacksawed through the stem?? 

[tobytyke]

Through the stem, pics to follow

[theRuler]

Bet that stem took some sawage!

Is there a bunch of stem junk stuck in the fork's steerer tube now?

[rooski]

Gonna be hard to get the rest out now

[tobytyke]

Through the stem, pics to follow

Cowboy 

Bru 

This is what I'm left with on the forks



If anyone knows or can get the remainder of the stem out for me
I would be eternally grateful

Would like to keep the forks original to the frame
Or should I just get another set

Lee 

[Peter J]

What stem was it ?

[theRuler]

Hammer the shit out of it from underneath.

Be sure that the drift you use fits nicely in the steerer tube.

Maybe give it a tap at the top too, to break the seal.

I wish you had tried my spline tool method in the allen bolt. You could have used the stem itself to shift the shaft!


But you could start by whacking the bolt itself - maybe push the wedge bit down and free off the steerer tube.

Good luck . . . !

[tobytyke]

Just some cheapo shoite thing

[dordymush]

big hammer and smash it to fook 

[Peter J]

Or just let the Man Mountain Dordy  growl at it and the fooker will fall apart 

 

[theRuler]

big hammer and smash it to fook 

yes.

[tobytyke]

General Concensus

Big Fookin Hammer Tomorrow   

Lee 

[Rodgy1970]

Wrap some insulating tape round the threads to protect them a bit.

Hammer the fook out of what's left of the stem wedge downwards, if it drops down drill a hole through the shaft, put a bolt in it, hold shaft in vice, bar through forks and turn.