Thanks, looks interesting and better than jbweld. I think for now I will leave this thing unglued with the shim/clamp in place as that should be sufficient for a short and careful test ride of the fork, that's about all I would do anyway at this point even if it was glued together. It is interesting though to try to imagine what normal forces are acting along the steerer tube with a quill stem and threadless. I'd like to understand better how and where they break.