Help ....steertube!!

S o r n i said:

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Does that not wreck your aerodynamics? j/k

No, just his testicles.

When I first put on my new stem, I was really nervous about
cutting it short and ended up with this stack of spacers
sticking about an inch above the stem. Just LOOKING at the
damn thing was kinda scary!

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mtbchip <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Cut too much steer tube...other than buy a new fork, what
can be done?

Mtbchip

Well, you're not in hong kong I suppose, but we've got a guy
who has access to liquid nitrogen so you can cool the
steerer and remove it, then shove in a new (frozen)one.This
would also probably work with a freezing jacket for pipe
repairs.Try and find a commercial pipe fitter.

g

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About an inch.........arrrgggghhhhhhhh

I myself would put cut my losses and put it on eBay ASAP,
unless you can get another steerer pressed in.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

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Cut too much steer tube...other than buy a new fork, what
can be done?

Mtbchip

If it's a Marzocchi you can have it replaced at a
service center.
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mtbchip <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Cut too much steer tube...other than buy a new fork, what
can be done?

I am almost sure (if this advice has not already been handed
down) that Marzocchi will press in a new steer tube for you.
This mistake will cost you some dough - shipping both ways,
the new steer tube, and the charge to press it in. I'd skip
the liquid nitrogen advice, too much to go wrong, and plenty
of ways to hurt/cold-burn yourself. Chalk up the expense of
the replacement to a lesson learned.

The advice on how to measure and cut is the best I've
heard so far:

With fork race installed, slide the steerer up through your
already-installed headset, slide any spacers on that you
need, clamp on your stem, measure down from the top end of
the steerer. Add *to that* measurement 3mm (some stems, like
Thomson, require more clearance 5-7mm, IIRC). Mark the
steerer with a pencil or Sharpie, then measure the top-of-
steerer to stem again to verify your first number. Take the
fork out, then measure it again, to see if the place you
actually want to cut is actually 3mm below the line you
drew. If so, make a mark at that 3mm-below line. Wrap some
tape around the steerer such that an edge is *between* the
low mark and the high mark. Cut the tube (I prefer a hacksaw
to a tubing cutter.) File the cut surface smooth and
perpendicular to the long axis of the steer tube. Give the
outside edge a little chamfer such that it'll go up into the
headset more easily. Make sure to wipe off the filings and
cuttings so you don't get any of that into the headset
grease. Take off the tape, and re-install the fork into the
headset. You should still have a little more to file down,
but a steel file on an aluminum steer tube is knife-through
butter quick. After you have filed it down to where it
should be, then re-install just to check. Knock in the star-
fangled nut carefully, and you're ready to put it all
together. I use a 1" chamfered wooden dowel to set the SFN.
Made it myself out of 1" dowel stock. 🙂

Last time I did this, it took me less time to actually do it
than to type this set of instructions in. Steel hacksaw
blade, and steel file, on an aluminum steer tube really
makes the job go quickly. It really is simple, and I've not
had any problems doing it this way. The key is to measure,
write it down, measure it again, write it down, and check
the measurements against your calculations. Even if you feel
silly doing it, use your calculator for an "numerical sanity
check." Cheaper than having a new steer tube pressed in!
Quicker, too.

I like to do things in millimeters, because then I don't
have to deal with any fractions. Playing in inches and
fractions just begs for an error.

I got this advice from a shop guy over a few beers. Cost his
shop some money, that guy. 🙂
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Jonesy

On 4/5/04 1:41 AM, in article [email hidden],

ZeeExSixAre said:

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About an inch.........arrrgggghhhhhhhh

I myself would put cut my losses and put it on eBay ASAP,
unless you can get another steerer pressed in.

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Marzocchi will do it for $65.

Shipped yesterday.............