It’s on the limit. Photos not entirely clear, but preferably it should be at the very minimum fork steerer top in line with the middle of the stem top bolt.
WallaceWinston0079 on
You can shorten the tube with a pipe cutter or hacksaw
KingKurse360 on
I had a situation like this . Lbs installed a new stem and the steerer tube was around where yours is. I didn’t know . Bars kept twisting on big hits . I kept tightening it. It kept slipping. Finally purchased a new fork . Night and day. No more slip. And trust me . Last thing you want to do is land and have the bars slip . Sucks .
LazyBakedOnion on
Can you? Yes.
Should you? Probably not.
I personally feel a lot safer running the tube all the way through the stem and having a small spacer on top.
Various_Pride6292 on
I could sand down a few millimeters from the bearing dust cover of the fork with sandpaper on a flat surface, which would solve the issue. Another option would be to find a lower profile dust cover.
Aglacia-_ on
Yo I had a similar issue just pick up some headset spacers on Amazon and it will fix you up🔥👍
HILLARYS_lT_GUY on
I would get a smaller dust cover spacer and a few other spacers to be able to get it right. Generally if your forks are up past the 2 pinch bolts in the stem, you should be just fine. Hard to tell if it really is though in the pics.
qunn4bu on
Yeah you’ll be fine with a top cap and a decent tighten on the stems pinch bolts
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You can, but I wouldn’t.
It’s on the limit. Photos not entirely clear, but preferably it should be at the very minimum fork steerer top in line with the middle of the stem top bolt.
You can shorten the tube with a pipe cutter or hacksaw
I had a situation like this . Lbs installed a new stem and the steerer tube was around where yours is. I didn’t know . Bars kept twisting on big hits . I kept tightening it. It kept slipping. Finally purchased a new fork . Night and day. No more slip. And trust me . Last thing you want to do is land and have the bars slip . Sucks .
Can you? Yes.
Should you? Probably not.
I personally feel a lot safer running the tube all the way through the stem and having a small spacer on top.
I could sand down a few millimeters from the bearing dust cover of the fork with sandpaper on a flat surface, which would solve the issue. Another option would be to find a lower profile dust cover.
Yo I had a similar issue just pick up some headset spacers on Amazon and it will fix you up🔥👍
I would get a smaller dust cover spacer and a few other spacers to be able to get it right. Generally if your forks are up past the 2 pinch bolts in the stem, you should be just fine. Hard to tell if it really is though in the pics.
Yeah you’ll be fine with a top cap and a decent tighten on the stems pinch bolts
I’d run it
Yeah i think