How To Remove Star Nut From Fork Steerer

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xcer4life Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at 8:47 Quote hi yea like the title says i need help removing a starnut without damaging information technology also much. whatever help would be proficient lbobbitt513 Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at 8:53 Quote i havent been successful in doing this. i wouldnt worry too much about dissentious it though. My LBS sold me a starnut for a cadet. starnuts are past far my least favorite part of a bike. good luck! norco87 Posted: Dec three, 2007 at 8:55 Quote When I got a new fork I just slightly tapped it so it came out the bottom of the steer tube. I am non certain if thats the proper style but information technology worked for me. Only don't hit it too hard. lbobbitt513 Posted: Dec iii, 2007 at 8:57 Quote norco87 wrote: When I got a new fork I just slightly tapped it so it came out the bottom of the steer tube. I am not certain if thats the proper mode but it worked for me. Merely don't hit information technology too hard. merely be careful, some forks become a little narrower in the crown and you lot wouldnt be able to press information technology out the bottom fortbill Posted: December three, 2007 at 9:54 Quote when i snapped the caput bolt in mine and had to get the starnut out i went round my garden constitute a stick that would with in the steerer tube and tapped it with a mallet until it came out with bottom DavidMakalaster Posted: Dec iii, 2007 at nine:57 Quote Thread a bolt into it and hammer the bolt to one side and then to the other. This damages it so you can more easily tap in out thru the bottom. knobzy Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at eleven:02 Quote purchase a new one. in that location cheap.... so simply use like a socket extension or some long and hard and hammer it out! balfabb7man Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at 11:15 Quote get a socket with an extension and tap information technology out, works really well got it out of mountain bicycle action really easy to exercise allday Posted: Dec 8, 2007 at 14:03 Quote hey, i merely want to know what is so important about the starnut. i only got mine installed in my new forks, merely they forgot to requite me the cap with the bolt, so i am only womndering if i should still ride without it untill i gewt the starnut siders Posted: Dec viii, 2007 at 14:08 Quote screw driver and a hammmer become it out the elevation and then but bash information technology dorsum with the hammer on a lfat surafce pusheing the lil bits out again billfromthehill Posted: Dec eight, 2007 at 16:02 Quote allday wrote: hey, i just want to know what is and then important about the starnut. i just got mine installed in my new forks, but they forgot to give me the cap with the bolt, so i am just womndering if i should withal ride without it untill i gewt the starnut Well the starnut is used to tension your headset, and so if you already tensioned it with a starnut in place and have the stalk bolts tightened, and so y'all dont really need it. As long every bit your headset is tight and your stem bolts are tight you should be skilful. At that place is also a potential of taking a Dime sized chunk out of your body or face up if you wipeout and accept a stem impact anywhere, the footling meridian cap stops the steerer tube from becoming a giant hole-punch. blackpantherparty Posted: Dec 8, 2007 at 16:05 Quote There is a tool for the job. It's basically a bolt with a handle. You thread the bolt into the start nut, then you lot slam information technology upwardly a couple times to get it out. ezekiel Posted: Dec 8, 2007 at 16:21 Quote Stack some spacers so that the pinnacle cap is higher than the top of the steerer tube and just tighten the bolt. That'southward how I do mine. If you're going to hammer it out the bottom brand sure it will fit out the bottom of the steerer. I know that the with the new Marz forks its a existent pain. bjam Posted: Dec eight, 2007 at 16:23 Quote Broom stick + hammer = fool proof Borgschulze Posted: Dec 8, 2007 at 17:47 Quote Odd, I just did this today... I used a seatpost and an adjustable wrench because I was too lazy to catch a hammer. Then I just bent the tabs down so it grips when I install information technology in a new fork.

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