Somebody has to have some instructions!

[GTs58]

Here ya go.

 

[Saving Tempest]

oh good gravy...that guy spent maybe two hours and in the end used a hacksaw...

 

[GTs58]

oh good gravy...that guy spent maybe two hours and in the end used a hacksaw...

Actually it was over a period of more than a week. He let it soak a third time while on Vacation. I would've gone a different route after cutting off the stem. Cut it high, drop the fork, clamp the stem in a bench vice, hit the steer tube with a torch and twist the fork.

 

[fattyre]

Be sure to compare diameters of quills on those stems. There are differences. Tightening down a smaller stem in a larger steerer tube can damage the steerer tube and isn't always safe.


https://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/stems/1-inch-quill.html

If you have a 25.4 stem, than there can also be differences in handle bar clamp diameter too....

 

[Saving Tempest]

All I wanted was a conventional stem so I could mount a light and speedometer on the bolt. Now I need to buy a shop? I live in a tiny house with a full shed and it's a cold, dark windy morning. Oh boy.

 

[Oilit]

All I wanted was a conventional stem so I could mount a light and speedometer on the bolt. Now I need to buy a shop? I live in a tiny house with a full shed and it's a cold, dark windy morning. Oh boy.

Yes, but if you want easy, you buy a shiny new bike. If you're a tightwad like me, you do it the hard way and forget all the pain in the satisfaction of not having to spend any more money than absolutely necessary.

 

[Autocycleplane]

I bet that modern stem's wedge isn't that hard to budge. Screw the long bolt in, but not tight. You want it 1/4" or so proud so when you tap on it there is somewhere for it to move (down) forcing the stuck wedge down with it.

 

[catfish]

 

[Saving Tempest]

The best welder in my AG SHOP class back in the 80s was a GIRL, Catfish.

I'll bet she is a great mechanic too. Like my MOM. My late dad sure appreciated the backup.

Seriously, I live in a small two bedroom rental house with no room for acetylene (and I doubt the housing authority would dig that.

A MIG welder would keep taking the circuit breakers down as well. The Air Conditioner does it now and then.

 

[Saving Tempest]

Eric, I'll keep trying but Oilit, the stem is too short. I'm going to have to find a much longer one, and it was free.