fordmike65
Riding a '37 Colson Imperial
Picked up this 36-37 Colson fork here a while back just in case. Glad I did since the '36 tanked straightbar I recently picked up oddly had a later peaked fork installed. When I went to mock it up, I found that it had a section of busted stem & insert seized in the fork tube. Crap! Soaked it in WD40 for days with no luck. Screwed in an old stem bolt & fashioned a puller of sorts to try & pull it out. This puppy wasn't going anywhere. I brought it to work today & used a super long expander style seatpost bolt with a slidehammer weight to try & knock it loose. No bueno. Finally mounted it in the vise, reinstalled & tightened up the puller of sorts & applied some heat with the shop acetylene torch. After only 3 seconds of moderate heat and POP! Removed heat, allowed to cool a bit & the insert pulled right out
Stuck stem piece & wedge:
Stem piece out with Snap-On puller:
Stuck stem piece & wedge:
Stem piece out with Snap-On puller:
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