Removing star fangled nut
- Thread starter statorjso
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Pound that sucker out from the top of the fork (where the steerer is cut).statorjso said:
Yep, just stick a dowel or long screwdriver or something in there and pound it out through the bottom.statorjso said:
DO NOT pound it up through the top, you'll rip the sh*t out of your steerer tube...
Drill out the middle of the starnut with a drill bit thats slightly bigger than the threaded part of the starnut. This takes off stress. Then pound it down the steerer. HOWEVER, depending on the fork, the steerer's inside diameter might get really small as you go down. Then what I normally do is find a rod or stick or something (I use an old broomstick) and pound the starnut up and out the opposite direction, up if the fork was on a bike.
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Push it down unless it gets REALLY narrow at the bottom.
Drill out the center, then with a large screwdriver and needle nose pliers work it out the top.
If you pound it UP, it will tear the hell out of the inside of your steerer tube and might make it premanantly fvcked. You should pound it DOWN with a stick or screwdriver, unless your steerer tube gets too narrow for it to fit through. In that case, drill it out with the biggest bit you can safely fit down the steerer tube. Once it's all drilled to hell, it should break apart pretty easily (or just come out the top easily).