Originally Posted by Chombi

Anyway, the goal for most with stuck stems is to both remove the stem and to try to save it if it is otherwise in good condition, and maybe has something special about it, like the one on my bike that has a "VITUS" pantograph on it.... Took me more than a month to get this stem off my Vitus Carbone's fork, I was in the verge of cutting it off or using lye to melt it off a couple of times along the way when it just refused to budge, but eventually, it was "Freeze-Off" that saved the day for me. It came off the fork, literally in minutes, after I applied the stuff to it.....