calumt Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Hey guys, I need some help i wont to change my stem over but my top cap bolt is rounded rather bad so wont loosen. I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to remove the bolt.Many thanks Calum x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Undo the stem bolts and turn the bar and stem round on the fork, which will turn the topcap, which should hopefully loosen the topcap bolt enough for the allen keey to find some purchase on the head of the bolt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calumt Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Undo the stem bolts and turn the bar and stem round on the fork, which will turn the topcap, which should hopefully loosen the topcap bolt enough for the allen keey to find some purchase on the head of the bolt.Right ok sitting in my garage so i will try it and let you know how i get on. Thanks xI love you! it worked thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclip Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Undo the stem bolts and turn the bar and stem round on the fork, which will turn the topcap, which should hopefully loosen the topcap bolt enough for the allen keey to find some purchase on the head of the bolt.ORSome think that crops up in most cases like this is, Also as you said that it wont loosen . . . . if your bolt is spining around but just dosent loosen at all . . . . if you look in my pic you will notice the silver insert in the middle of the star nut . . . As star nuts are cheaply made you may find that thats loose inside the black part and will just spin around for ever . . . . the only way to then get the bolt out is to hit it threw from the other side of the forks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calumt Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 ORSome think that crops up in most cases like this is, Also as you said that it wont loosen . . . . if your bolt is spining around but just dosent loosen at all . . . . if you look in my pic you will notice the silver insert in the middle of the star nut . . . As star nuts are cheaply made you may find that thats loose inside the black part and will just spin around for ever . . . . the only way to then get the bolt out is to hit it threw from the other side of the forks Ok thanks i will copy that into a word document incase it happens in the futher. Many thanks Calum x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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