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Star-fangled Nut sliding in steerer tube
I've had my LBS install a star-fangled nut inside my 1" chromoly Time
Milennium road fork. When I went to tighten it down the top cap (after installing the headset, of course) to remove the play so I could tighten the stem, I noticed that the star nut inside the steerer tube was sliding up and would not stay in place. I've never had this happen before. What's the fix for this? I'm going to try another star nut, but thought this was most unusual. Any magic fixes for this? Thanks in advance, AB |
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Is it in upside down for some strange reason?
Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com "Roger Moore" wrote in message ... I've had my LBS install a star-fangled nut inside my 1" chromoly Time Milennium road fork. When I went to tighten it down the top cap (after installing the headset, of course) to remove the play so I could tighten the stem, I noticed that the star nut inside the steerer tube was sliding up and would not stay in place. I've never had this happen before. What's the fix for this? I'm going to try another star nut, but thought this was most unusual. Any magic fixes for this? Thanks in advance, AB |
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Roger Moore wrote:
I've had my LBS install a star-fangled nut inside my 1" chromoly Time Milennium road fork. When I went to tighten it down the top cap (after installing the headset, of course) to remove the play so I could tighten the stem, I noticed that the star nut inside the steerer tube was sliding up and would not stay in place. I've never had this happen before. What's the fix for this? I'm going to try another star nut, but thought this was most unusual. Any magic fixes for this? 1" star nuts are different (larger) diameter for CrMo steerers than for (smaller) aluminum steerers. Ask your friendly LBS service manager to take another look at it. He'll probably break the wrong one to remove it and swap for the right size. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Roger Moore wrote:
I've had my LBS install a star-fangled nut inside my 1" chromoly Time Milennium road fork. When I went to tighten it down the top cap (after installing the headset, of course) to remove the play so I could tighten the stem, I noticed that the star nut inside the steerer tube was sliding up and would not stay in place. I've never had this happen before. What's the fix for this? I'm going to try another star nut, but thought this was most unusual. Any magic fixes for this? Thanks in advance, AB Woodman magic... http://www.woodmancomponents.com/pro...ds/capsul.html I use the Capsule Extreme on my downhill racing bike. Nice and secure. Overkill for a road bike however. Mike |
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Roger- When I went to tighten it down the top cap (after
installing the headset, of course) to remove the play so I could tighten the stem, I noticed that the star nut inside the steerer tube was sliding up and would not stay in place. I've never had this happen before. BRBR I say-get the old one oput and install one that's the proper size. Sounds like they may have installed one for a 1 inch aluminum thick walled steerer, not a 22.2mm steel steerer. Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302 (303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene" |
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Roger Moore wrote:
I've had my LBS install a star-fangled nut inside my 1" chromoly Time Milennium road fork. When I went to tighten it down the top cap (after installing the headset, of course) to remove the play so I could tighten the stem, I noticed that the star nut inside the steerer tube was sliding up and would not stay in place. I've never had this happen before. What's the fix for this? I'm going to try another star nut, but thought this was most unusual. Any magic fixes for this? Thanks in advance, AB Another thing to check for... Is the top cap topping out on the steerer tube? If it is, it'll pull the star nut out before the play in the stack is removed. The steerer tube needs to be at least 3mm below the top of the stem. It shouldn't take much torque to preload the headset. Mike |
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