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Glen

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star fangled nut
« on: June 12, 2012, 07:26 PM »
Do these things just push into the steerer tube and sit above the welded in compression nut?   Or do you use one if there is no welded compression nut?

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Re: star fangled nut
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2012, 07:47 PM »
Only if there is no welded nut glen.........and they need a good whack to get them in.

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Re: star fangled nut
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2012, 07:51 PM »
Maybe the thread is fooked on the forks so they wacked one in?

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Re: star fangled nut
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2012, 08:18 PM »
You might be able to push it all the way through, Or get a bolt in it and a claw hammer, Use something to protect the top of the forks.

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Re: star fangled nut
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2012, 08:21 PM »
I normally use a big screwdriver and hit the flanges with a hammer.  breaks the individual flanges and it loosens up so it can come out.

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Re: star fangled nut
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2012, 09:12 PM »
Just push it down far enough too get it out of the way :)

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Re: star fangled nut
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2012, 09:30 PM »
Cant do that as its above where the welded nut should be.  Ill sort it out tomorrow, they're drying in the garage at the moment.  I expect the welded nut is fooked as a star needed to be used
Could be they were too tight to buy the top cap and a star washer is about a quid. Most top caps are ally and I would expect a top cap to loose out against a set of chromoly forks.

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Re: star fangled nut
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2012, 09:46 PM »
make sure it is nice and square going in as well mate as they can sometimes be a right bar steward to get in  :daumenhoch:

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Re: star fangled nut
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2012, 04:12 AM »
star nuts are shite, to get it out just drill through the center and the rest of if should pretty much fall apart. Hope head doctors are a thousand times better alternative if you're using forks with no welded nut.



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