OK, so your question: "drop the fork?"
translates to: "Sean, before going and hiring a shop or other professional to remove your wedge for you, let me suggest you might want to remove the fork from the bicycle, because a fork by itself is more portable than a complete bicycle. It will save you some effort" I get it now. :-) On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:35:51 PM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: > > actually wasn't to you Bill, was just considering dropping the fork as a > way to make handling the stuck wedge problem easier. Carrying around a > fork with a stuck wedge is a whole lot easier than carrying around a bike > with a stuck wedge > > On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 2:27:51 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> Ron >> >> I don't know what you mean by your question. Maybe you are asking: >> >> "Hey Bill, is it necessary to remove the fork from your bicycle before >> executing those recommended steps?" >> >> If that's your question, then then answer is: No, it is not necessary to >> remove the fork before executing those recommended steps. >> >> >> >> It's not necessary >> >> On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:19:46 PM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: >>> >>> drop the fork? >>> >>> On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 11:42:06 AM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> If you don't want to take apart a bunch of stuff going through the >>>> underside of the crown, then you should fashion your own wedge puller. >>>> >>>> 1. Thread your stem bolt two or three rotations into your stuck wedge. >>>> >>>> 2. Measure the distance from the top of the headset lock nut to the >>>> bottom edge of the head of your stem bolt. Call that distance X >>>> 3. Find a block of wood that is X thick. Stack up a couple pieces of >>>> wood if necessary. >>>> 4. Drill a hole through your block of wood just big enough that the >>>> stem bolt can pass through >>>> 5. Put the block on top of your headset lock nut. >>>> 6. Slide the stem bolt through the hole with a big flat washer to act >>>> as a bearing surface >>>> 7. Thread the stem bolt into your stuck wedge. As you tighten the >>>> bolt, you'll extract your wedge. >>>> 8. If it is stuck all the way up, and you run out of threads on your >>>> bolt, you might need to stack up more flat washers >>>> >>>> Take advantage of the fact that your wedge is already threaded. That's >>>> what threads are good for. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 4:28:28 PM UTC-7, SeanMac wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your suggestions on how to attack my stuck stem wedge. The >>>>> consensus certainly seems to be that I need to attack it from the bottom >>>>> of >>>>> the head tube. That suggestion makes a lot of sense to me. >>>>> Unfortunately, >>>>> it also means that I need to remove the front fender and [most likely] >>>>> the >>>>> front brake as well. It is amazing how what began as a relatively >>>>> simple, >>>>> straight-forward project has become much more involved. >>>>> >>>>> My plan is to purchase a Nitto Tallux stem to use on this bike, as I >>>>> am looking to go both a bit taller and longer than my current stem. Is >>>>> it >>>>> possible [or likely] that the stuck wedge has caused any damage to the >>>>> head >>>>> tube that will make this plan not work? >>>>> >>>>> Anyone have any experience with a threadless stem adaptor, such as >>>>> this one sold by VO? VO Threadless Stem Adaptor >>>>> <http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/stems/quill-stems/vo-threadless-stem-adaptor.html>. >>>>> >>>>> I have contemplating using one of these and a VO threadless stem on this >>>>> project, but think that the Tallus will work even better for me. >>>>> >>>>> Again, thanks for your help. >>>>> >>>>> Sean >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
