Author Topic: Stem help !! (Read 2031 times)

tobytyke · « **on:** August 24, 2011, 05:20 PM »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2011, 05:46 PM »

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

A steady hand

and a rubber hammer

Oh and WD40

theRuler · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2011, 05:53 PM »

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

tobytyke · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2011, 06:10 PM »

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

theRuler · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2011, 06:50 PM »

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 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2011, 06:50 PM »

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

Peter J · « **Reply #6 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:01 PM »

Quote from: Stidds on August 24, 2011, 06:50 PM

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

tobytyke · « **Reply #7 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:12 PM »

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 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:15 PM »

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

Or - you hacksawed through the stem

??

tobytyke · « **Reply #9 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:17 PM »

Through the stem, pics to follow

theRuler · « **Reply #10 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:17 PM »

Bet that stem took some sawage!

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

rooski · « **Reply #11 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:23 PM »

Gonna be hard to get the rest out now

tobytyke · « **Reply #12 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:29 PM »

Quote from: haro-os-boy on August 24, 2011, 07:20 PM

Quote from: tobytyke on August 24, 2011, 07:17 PM
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 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:32 PM »

What stem was it ?

theRuler · « **Reply #14 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:35 PM »

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 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:36 PM »

Just some cheapo shoite thing

dordymush · « **Reply #16 on:** August 24, 2011, 11:09 PM »

big hammer and smash it to fook

Peter J · « **Reply #17 on:** August 24, 2011, 11:19 PM »

Or just let the Man Mountain Dordy

growl at it and the fooker will fall apart

theRuler · « **Reply #18 on:** August 24, 2011, 11:20 PM »

Quote from: dordymush on August 24, 2011, 11:09 PM

big hammer and smash it to fook

yes.

tobytyke · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2011, 11:27 PM »

General Concensus

Big Fookin Hammer Tomorrow

Lee

Rodgy1970 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 24, 2011, 11:41 PM »

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.

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