Originally Posted by
SpencerCrook
I can't figure out how to adjust the stem on my 77 nishiki,
I loosed off the Allen bolt on the top of the stem, and loosened off the large nut near the head tube but I can't get it to go up or down..
Sorry for the cell phone quality picture
Well that large nut has nothing to do with loosening the stem, your headset will now need to be adjusted, you need to knock the allen bolt on the top down with a hammer, whack the allen wrench not the bolt itself or you can deform the bolt, if that doesn't work your stem is most likely seized, there are many threads on removal of seized stems