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Title: Stem wedge stuck in forks...
Post by: brass monkey! on January 28, 2016, 11:12 AM
Anyone got a tip on removing a 'stuck' stem bolt wedge from a a pair of forks?

I'm reluctant to give it too much of a bash - should I soak the wedge and use the stem bolt, scewed in from the underside to ease it out (with a hammer) or is there another safer way. :-[


Ta
Matt
Title: Re: Stem wedge stuck in forks...
Post by: oldschoolace on January 28, 2016, 11:17 AM
Is it just the wedge itself stuck?
soaking, threading in an old bolt and knocking from underneath sounds just the ticket  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Stem wedge stuck in forks...
Post by: brass monkey! on January 28, 2016, 11:25 AM
Is it just the wedge itself stuck?
soaking, threading in an old bolt and knocking from underneath sounds just the ticket  :daumenhoch:

indeed, just the wedge - i have removed the stem, and forks from the frame... i'm guessing it needs to come out the way it went in, so planning to soak, and bash from the bottom (ooorrr errr missus !) :crazy2: using the stem bolt sccrewed in the wedge from the underside, unless i can find a long piece of metal which is a similar width to the wedge?

you get me?
Title: Re: Stem wedge stuck in forks...
Post by: insectbones on January 28, 2016, 11:27 AM
That would be the way I'd do it  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Stem wedge stuck in forks...
Post by: brass monkey! on January 28, 2016, 12:42 PM
Update:

It's out  :)


did the necessary, and bingo, the WD40 and big hammer works.

cheers for the replies :daumenhoch:
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