Originally Posted by
howeeee
what was the snap is the question..did the cap bolt crack?
The OP is asking what the snap was, so why would you expect him to know what it was?
Originally Posted by
howeeee
Find out what the snap was,,and replace or repair it.
That's what he's trying to do.
Originally Posted by
howeeee
There is no need to loosen the STEM bolts to tighten or loosen the fork bolt.
Yes there is. If you don't loosen the stem bolts all you are doing is tightening the top cap bolt (I don't know if there is a real name for it, so I'm calling it the top cap bolt) against the stem, adding unnecessary torque to the bolt without actually tightening the headset.
Originally Posted by
howeeee
...did the threads on the fork stem strip?]
WTH is a fork stem??
I think you probably stripped the bolt and star nut. Time for new ones. Shouldn't run you any more than $30. Did you forget to loosen the stem bolts before you tightened toe top cap bolt? This is a very common mistake.
Sorry howeeee, I have to be a dick sometimes to make sure that wrong information like this does not get passed as truth.