Timeline for How to secure the fork when there is no stem
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| Jun 13, 2019 at 19:44 | comment | added | Carel | Also, if possible, replace the simple star-nut with one of those expansion nuts that are used with carbon steerers. They distribute the load on a much larger surface in the tube. | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 15:55 | comment | added | Andrew | I think 5mm might actually be enough. 7mm almost certainly would be. The clamp needs to extend a bit above the end of the tube, and if it sticks up a lot, that is okay as long as it is secure. A clamp isn't getting torqued the way a stem is. I'd give it a try and just check frequently to make sure it isn't working loose. | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 13:26 | comment | added | Jean-Baptiste Rudant | Bad news: I replaced the headset, but there is not enough steer tube left above the headset to put any kind of clamp (only 5 millimetres). I found some headsets with a slightly smaller stack, but it would not spare enough height (only 2 millimetres in the best scenario). I'm helpless... | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 18:57 | comment | added | Carel | A simple spacer would not lock and secure the pre-load. The entire load remains on the cap and the star-nut which are not designed for that purpose. | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 17:48 | comment | added | Andrew | Yes, but his goal is to reduce the height so a spacer added with the shorter clamp defeats the purpose | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 16:49 | comment | added | Fred the Magic Wonder Dog | You could also just use a standard spacer above the clamp rather than recut the steerer tube. The important thing is that the stem cap not "bottom out" on the top of the steerer tube for proper adjustment. | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 12:09 | vote | accept | Jean-Baptiste Rudant | ||
| Jun 12, 2019 at 11:10 | history | answered | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |