Originally Posted by divineAndbright

I attempted to sorta hacksaw slits down the stem like people often try with stuck seat posts, but the neck of the stem was really long. I then attempted to drill, and I eventually found the drill bit going through the threads of the steerer at some point. The thing to do would of been to soak the steerer tube in some lye and let that eat the aluminum stem remnants, but if you can find lye in Canada I wouldn't know where to begin to look.