I have a carbon fork with aluminum steerer tube and dropouts and uses a star nut which is already installed. I want to cut the steerer tube down and will have to knock the star nut in accordingly. Can i do this with a hammer, fork upright, dropouts on wood? Or some other method?
Star nut in carbon fork
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I have a carbon fork with aluminum steerer tube and dropouts and uses a star nut which is already installed. I want to cut the steerer tube down and will have to knock the star nut in accordingly. Can i do this with a hammer, fork upright, dropouts on wood? Or some other method?
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nvm
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The steerer is alu.
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Thanks. Read that too quick.
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as 127 replied, hold the fork, or the bike and drive the star nut down. You could leave it in the frame, with a stem holding everything together, but I would still grip a fork leg. Do NOT put the tips directly on the ground and start hammering. Forks were not engineered for this type of impact and the tips could collapse.
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Drill baby drill !
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Bang it down with a fastener attached
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