Next Mission - stuck stem quill!!

[bigsman]

So I've just spent 10 days getting a stuck seatpost out of my GT...now its time to go back to the forks/stem which seem to be stuck together just as bad. 

I've had a few goes at it and only managed to make things worse...thats my usual way of working

Basically I had a tnt stem stuck and battering it sideways and from underneath has just knocked the top portion of the stem off its shaft and left me with a nice neat round hollow quill going down into the forks.  It was good in a way cos I could at least seperate the frame n forks but I don't have much to work with now in terms of getting leverage onto it.  The stem bolt and wedge are out and were no trouble really but the main shaft is stuck like a mofo.  Anybody got any suggestions (its too small to cut with a hacksaw blade unfortunately)...i could probably drill it but I think its a steel shaft so thats gonna be hard going.  Thinking about grinding it to create to flat adges and getting a spanner and extension bar onto it as a first resort what do you reckon?

Ta

[bmxbert]

put a crap bearing race on the fork (so you dont damage your forks) and turn em upside down in a bench vice .
put a metal rod (socket extention) in the stearer tube from the bottom and hammer th fook out of it

thats what i would

bit of wd wouldnt go a miss either

[bigsman]

Don't have a vice unfortunately.  Its been soaked daily in wd for 10 days, been in an OA bath and is now soaking in vinegar...I'll tery anything me!

Cheers for the reply though...

[subversion]

Without being able to securely (& safely) clamp the forks to go to work on them, you've got a cnut of a job on your hands mate Don't you know anyone with a bench vice who can help you out?? If you're near Banbury then PM me

[pickle]

can't you bang an old wheel in the forks and a set of bars on the stem then turn the bars while securing the wheel?

[moley]

can't you bang an old wheel in the forks and a set of bars on the stem then turn the bars while securing the wheel?

Good idea!! 

If you can get some wide bars on it then with leverage you should be able to turn it!!   At least that will help loosen it!!

[bigsman]

Wheel yes but stem no...the og stem top came off after hitting it from below.  Put it back on yesterday with bars to try the twist method and it just stripped the kniurling on the quill and popped off again so no dice there.  Will look into the vice angle tho...

[bmxbert]

large mole grips on the stem shaft followed by a bit of heat on the stearer tube. then twist mate

heat will have it out in no time. 

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Send it to Meticus,he`ll have a quiet word with it,then it`ll leave of its own free will....

[MartyC]

I would soak it in diesel for a few days and then using something as a suitable drift whack it with the biggest hammer you can manage from the bottom of the forks.  Diesel will work way better than WD40 (which actually goes sticky when it dries) or an OA bath  .

[bigsman]

Cheers for the ideas guys...its already been in an OA bath for 2 days!!  I think the soaking in diesel is a shout but looking at the top and bottom theres no gap at all for anything to get in but I spose its worth a try 

Slapped it about a bit today but nowt happening...think my mind is already at T in the park 

[lazychubs]

you need to hit the wedge bit down first then the shaft should start to move
do it from the top other wise you will make it tighter from the botom
and diesel is the best as it has creeping elements