Originally Posted by
Nagrom_
Second opinion on facing the top and bottom of a headtube in order to get a threadless fork with a slightly too short a steerer tube to work?
If you can, take it from the top. I did it on an old Scwhinn for the same reason. I needed a few more threads to engage so I took off ~3mms total. A tiny bit from the bottom and a little more from the top. As long as you aren't hitting the welds, lugs, brazing you should be OK.
Not Scrod