accountantpete
OAP
Grab the forks by the drop-outs and then swing them down like you are fanning a blaze - but don't aim at a window!
Nooo, headset fallen down steerer tube
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naffa
Active Member
- Location
- Tipton, West Midlands
Have you got one of those magnetic pick up tools.
I found mine useful when the same thing happened to me last week.
Nath
I found mine useful when the same thing happened to me last week.
Nath
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gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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- Manchester-Ish
Safe to leave the old one down there then ?
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gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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- Manchester-Ish
NormanD
Lunatic Asylum Escapee
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- Heworth the other side of life!
straighten out an old wire coat hanger and make a small hook at the end ... push it down so the hook drops into the screw bit of the bung and is held by the threads ... pull back up .. good luck
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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....or try some freshly-chewed gum on the end of a stick.....
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Leave it - you won't get it out if no hole in the bottom.
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gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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- Manchester-Ish
Just keep up the good work of loosing weight, as you have now got a new incentive, shed some more pounds, and come Xmas, you will be able to crawl down your steerer tube to recover it.
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gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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- Manchester-Ish
Will it be ok then ?
Aperitif
Meme bar
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- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Yes. Leave it, or alternatively, try a length of studding of the same pitch as your top bolt and screw it into the lonely object at the bottom of your forks and lift it out.
If you leave it in, dump a bit of sticky stuff in there - you don't want to get a mystery rattling noise as you're climbing Ventoux... the forum will go into meltdown!
If you leave it in, dump a bit of sticky stuff in there - you don't want to get a mystery rattling noise as you're climbing Ventoux... the forum will go into meltdown!
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
no point in trying the stud methods mentioned. it's designed to go in but not be pulled out, that's it's job. carbon fibre steerer?
the only way, that i can think of, is to use a stiff wire (coat hanger?) to try and 'flip' it over and then it will come out (upside down). if it's a carbon steerer if at any time it feels like it's snagging tight, start again, carbon is strong but is easily damaged.
i've used this method before, but only on alloy and steel mtb forks.
hope that helps.
the only way, that i can think of, is to use a stiff wire (coat hanger?) to try and 'flip' it over and then it will come out (upside down). if it's a carbon steerer if at any time it feels like it's snagging tight, start again, carbon is strong but is easily damaged.
i've used this method before, but only on alloy and steel mtb forks.
hope that helps.
