Originally Posted by
7ucky
Thanks, Sixty Fiver.
I screwed the wedge nut back in so it stuck up a bit and gave it a few taps with the hammer. It budged, but it only moved enough so that the wedge nut is back to being flush with the top of the quill stem even though, at this point, it's all the way unscrewed (see here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../iphone008.jpg).
Any other ideas?
Back off the stem bolt a few more turns and give it another tap... if the nut moved then this bodes well.
I have a long rod here I can use for tapping out wedge bolts which comes in handy... the stem itself might also be pretty sticky so more penetrating fluid and patience to let it work might be required.