This fork should just tap out gently now that the stem and stem cap are removed right? It doesn’t look to be threaded in any way and the cups look pressed in but it feels wedged in there solid. What am I missing?
by BavardR
This fork should just tap out gently now that the stem and stem cap are removed right? It doesn’t look to be threaded in any way and the cups look pressed in but it feels wedged in there solid. What am I missing?
by BavardR
3 Comments
Presuming all the headset spacers and what not are removed, there is probably a rubber washer type thing in there. I like tapping the side of the head set with a rubber mallet to help pop it out. Not up down, but perpendicular to the head set.
I just use a wood or rubber mallet and smack it down once or twice. Then lift the fork up the distance that you just smacked it down. That is usually enough space to get the little angled split washer off the top. That’s what is generally holding it on.
Use a mallet to tap it out.
However there is a small plastic split compression ring that helps keep the bearing preload adjustment. It may be holding the fork in place. You can use a thin blade screwdriver or a thin plastic prying took to loosen the compression ring, the fork may fall out quickly.
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