Originally Posted by Ebbtide
Is it difficult?
I have a spare fork with a 6" tube, I want to thread it down another inch and chop it to 5". I hope it is easy to get ahold of a die that works. I have course threads for 1 1/8' but no fine threads.......
I took it to my LBS to have the work done. He said "it is hardened and I would need to change out the headset to a threadless, cut the steerer tube, and go from there. However, once I get a cheap headset, stem, and pay for labor I think I'm looking at 60-80 bucks? Perhaps he was just trying to make more money off me (I hope not, I like the guy and he just became a Specialized dealer and the shop is less than 200 yards from my house.
Extending threads is realtively easier than cutting new ones from scratch. However I have 2 forks that have threading jobs (one extnded,one new) that look like they were done by a 10 thumbed primate with a broken file.They are damm ugly and barely functional. Someone else paid to have them done....I don't buy the hardened @rap either,but he may have done you a favor by declining the job.