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steering stem removal

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RoostDaddy:

--- Quote from: don46 on May 24, 2010, 09:33:15 AM ---to remove the stem from your existing triple clamp, you press it down, through the bearing and bottom clamp. There is a wire circlip on the stem, when you press it into the clamp it prevents the stem from moving up.

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Thanks for correcting me Don.  As I said its been a while.

barryadam:

--- Quote from: no sub for cubes on May 25, 2010, 05:05:56 AM ---thanks for the replys,i took it inot work today and tried to press it out but it never moved not enough poundage,so i will have to take it to a engineering company and see if they can budge it using a hydraulic press.

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You can always use the different thermal expansion coefficients of aluminum and steel to help you.  (heat the lower triple clamp, cool the stem)

BDI:
It should just press out with a hydrolic press. be sure to grease it when you press it back together and check the size with a dial caliper. I had one that was 0.04 bigger then the one that came out and it would not press in although it looked identical to the damaged one that came out.

no sub for cubes:
cheers guys i`ll take it to somewhere with a hydroulic press over the weekend and see what happens,i will be sure to  check the sizes bdi cheers,let you know what the outcome is thanks for the responses  :-)

no sub for cubes:
well got the stems pressed out at last but the 500 stem is smaller than the 250 so its loose in the 250 bottom clamp  :?....anybody throw some light on a soloution?the 98 250 forks were a bargain at ?20 but with all the adapting involved im starting to wish id held out for a pair of post 90 500 forks and tripple clamps,could be more trouble than its worth  :oops:

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