How To Remove A Star Nut

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xcer4life Posted: Dec iii, 2007 at 8:47 Quote hi yea similar the title says i need help removing a starnut without damaging information technology too much. any assistance would exist good lbobbitt513 Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at 8:53 Quote i havent been successful in doing this. i wouldnt worry also much nigh damaging it though. My LBS sold me a starnut for a buck. starnuts are by far my least favorite part of a bike. good luck! norco87 Posted: December 3, 2007 at 8:55 Quote When I got a new fork I simply slightly tapped it so it came out the bottom of the steer tube. I am non sure if thats the proper way but it worked for me. Just don't hit it likewise hard. lbobbitt513 Posted: Dec three, 2007 at viii:57 Quote norco87 wrote: When I got a new fork I but slightly tapped it so it came out the bottom of the steer tube. I am not sure if thats the proper way but it worked for me. Just don't hit information technology too hard. merely be careful, some forks get a little narrower in the crown and you wouldnt be able to press it out the lesser fortbill Posted: December 3, 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 found a stick that would with in the steerer tube and tapped it with a mallet until information technology came out with bottom DavidMakalaster Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at 9:57 Quote Thread a bolt into information technology and hammer the bolt to one side and then to the other. This damages information technology and so you tin can more easily tap in out thru the lesser. knobzy Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at 11:02 Quote buy a new one. there cheap.... and so just apply like a socket extension or some long and hard and hammer it out! balfabb7man Posted: Dec iii, 2007 at xi:xv Quote go a socket with an extension and tap information technology out, works really well got it out of mountain bike action really easy to do allday Posted: Dec 8, 2007 at xiv:03 Quote hey, i just desire to know what is then important about the starnut. i just got mine installed in my new forks, merely they forgot to give me the cap with the commodities, so i am just womndering if i should nevertheless ride without it untill i gewt the starnut siders Posted: December 8, 2007 at 14:08 Quote screw driver and a hammmer get it out the summit so just bash it back with the hammer on a lfat surafce pusheing the lil bits out again billfromthehill Posted: Dec viii, 2007 at 16:02 Quote allday wrote: hey, i but want to know what is so important about the starnut. i only got mine installed in my new forks, but they forgot to give me the cap with the commodities, and so i am just womndering if i should still ride without it untill i gewt the starnut Well the starnut is used to tension your headset, then if you lot already tensioned information technology with a starnut in place and accept the stem bolts tightened, then you dont really need information technology. As long as your headset is tight and your stem bolts are tight you lot should exist good. In that location is likewise a potential of taking a Dime sized chunk out of your trunk or face if you wipeout and accept a stem affect anywhere, the little top 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. Information technology's basically a bolt with a handle. Y'all thread the bolt into the kickoff nut, then you slam information technology up a couple times to become it out. ezekiel Posted: Dec viii, 2007 at 16:21 Quote Stack some spacers and then that the top cap is college than the meridian of the steerer tube and just tighten the bolt. That'south how I do mine. If you're going to hammer it out the lesser make sure it will fit out the bottom of the steerer. I know that the with the new Marz forks its a real hurting. 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 merely did this today... I used a seatpost and an adjustable wrench because I was too lazy to take hold of a hammer. So I only bent the tabs down so it grips when I install information technology in a new fork.

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