Thread: Convert a threadless fork to threadless fork. . .
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Old 08-14-12 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Burkhart
Now if I were doing this, I would leave enough thread above the stem to to use the original nut to put the preload on the bearing. Not that it would work any better than a star nut, but it would make it a head scratcher for any bike cognoscenti that happen to spot it. Plastic caps are available in the right size to cover the hole.
Now THAT's an IDEA! But it would probably work it's way loose much quicker than anyone would like, I imagine.
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