That's interesting they brazed from the bottom. I guess i do that now too, but checking for filler coming out the top seems like a the minimum owed to a customer.

I assume you took the brake off first? Put a 6mm bolt in there assuming you haven't gotten the stem out yet.


Remelt temperature is enough higher than the melting temperature of the same filler that I wouldn't have any qualms about brazing the steerer in now. Taking a fork apart is totally different, because it takes a lot of heat. Is it a socketed crown, or internal. If internal, it's new fork time because whoever made that fork was either having a really bad day or didn't know what they were doing or both. I guess that under-filled steerers are more common that loose fork blades, but I still wouldn't take a chance.