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09-26-22 | 08:49 PM

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merziac

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Originally Posted by ConnoisseurEqua

This is the stem I'm trying to remove.
I cannot find them anymore so it has to come out.

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Originally Posted by cudak888

I think it'd be pretty hard as a newbie just to believe how much effort it might take to ram that stem out.

At this point, I'd recommend cutting it off above the headset just so the fork can be dropped out of the frame and the steerer tube inspected for bulging. It might be so bulged that it isn't safe to use the fork in the first place.

-Kurt

If he has to cut it to get it out, he's gonna need you to send him a stem, fork too ifn it is toast also.

You do have another super long one for him, right?

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