Threadless fork stuck in head tube/set

Philthy at [email hidden] wrote on 8/13/03 6:25 AM:

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Yesterday I though it's about time I regreased the bearings on my headset. So I undid the Headlock
bold took off the stem & NOTHING. Could I get the forks (Marzocchi MX Comp Air) out of the
headtube, could I ****. I tried carefully prising the compression ring upward to losen it but it
wouldn't budge. Gave the top of the steerer tube a gentle hammer tap still nothing. Anyone got any
tips as to how I can free this.

Hold it from below at the junction of the downtube/headtube. Bigger Hammer.

Couple of taps should do it.

...um, you _do_ have the bike in a workstand, right? Not just compressing the fork with each
hammer hit?

Use a plastic hammer, or a hammer and a block of soft wood, and tap it harder.

It'll come out, I've had this problem many times. Make sure you're supporting it, or it'll bounce
off the floor.

-pete "finally broke down and bought a cheap-o plastic hammer, and don't know how I got along
w/out it!"

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Hi, Yesterday I though it's about time I regreased the bearings on my headset. So I undid the
Headlock bold took off the stem & NOTHING. Could I get the forks (Marzocchi MX Comp Air) out of
the headtube, could I ****. I tried carefully prising the compression ring upward to losen it but
it wouldn't budge. Gave the top of the steerer tube a gentle hammer tap still nothing. Anyone got
any tips as to how I can free this. BTW the fork still turns no problem, it's just I've ridden
through some

bad

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stuff recently & i know the grease will be gone. Thanks Phil