Originally Posted by
BikeWise1
Is the steerer tube silver colored? It might be an aluminum steerer, in which a star nut is just fine.
+1
Lots of carbon forks have an aluminum steerer. If, however, the steerer is carbon, you should consider pulling out the starnut (actually, more like "pull" it out) - I do this with a simple ad-hoc tool I made from a threaded rod, a few large washers and a couple of nuts. Anyhow.... replace the starnut with something like
this or
these