Timeline for What should the torque of an expander plug in a carbon fork be?
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| Mar 11, 2021 at 16:34 | comment | added | Carel | @AndrewHenle: On my Scott CR2 I wanted to change the stem. With the plug in place the spacers would not come off. After releasing the compression plug, the spacers came off easily. Certainly a matter of tight tolerances, stems open up when the bolts are undone. | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 14:21 | comment | added | Adam Rice | In a carbon steerer tube, the plug supports the tube to resist the crushing forces from the stem clamp. | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 13:57 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | If the steerer tube expands due to the small force from the expander plug, I'd want to see it. A tube that changes shape from that amount of force isn't going to hold its shape when you ride over a bump with weight on the handlebars... | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 13:29 | history | answered | Carel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |