ok... simply put, I had my LBS remove the Campy Record threadless headset form my bike... I'm selling the frame but want to keep the headset for future use... I just got home and realized that the little slide in spider shaped thing is still inside the fork steer tube... How do I get that out of there??

I assume that it's part of the headset so I assume that I should take it out and save it with the headset for the next frame I put it on...

Please help me out...

IF I do need a special tool I can take it back to the Bike shop but it's just a bit of a hassle... so let me know,,,

thanks!

Your headline says threaded and your question says threadless... I dunno nothing about threadless (my newest bike has one, but I haven't worked on it yet). Maybe reach in there with a long bolt and drive it out? If it's the wedge on a threaded headset...but I can't imagine how that could get stuck, so it probably isn't.

Righty tighty, lefty loosey.

It's called a STAR-FANGLED NUT. Leave it in there. It is now part of the fork. You can buy another one for a coupla bucks.

That's kinda what I figured... ok, thanks!

Please note: Star Fangled nuts are only meant for alloy steerer tubes (although I'm told Cannondale uses them on their carbon steerers)

If you have a carbon steerer tube you need a COMPRESSION PLUG instead. Again, not too expensive and easy to find.

ok, thanks!

Or an epoxied insert.

I'd say a step above the OP's pay grade, non?

Hehe. I'm dealing with this right now. With an epoxied insert you really do have to know your geometry before doing the cutting and gluing routine.

That would be the star nut which anchors the stem binder bolt and provides compressive tension to your headset bearings. They are hammered in there and they only go one way: IN further and, they are not re-usable. Let us hope that steer tube is aluminum. It is improper and unsafe to put a star nut in a carbon tube. Anyway, if you are selling the fork, the new owner will probably want the nut in there provided it is an aluminum tube. IF the nut happens to be in a carbon tube (this happens), I would say you need to disclose that fact and probably take it out. Taking one out: if the steer tube had no obstruction and did not close off at the fork, you could use a wooden dowel and a hammer to drive it all the way through. Not likely. I would say drill through the threaded hole in the center of it and then repeat with progressively larger drill bits until it collapses or relaxes so you can fish it out with a coat hanger or something. I have not had to remove one myself. Bottom line: not a bad thing unless it's in a carbon tube. Let me know what you did. Good luck.

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I believe Cdale uses a star fangled nut as part of a sleeve assembly that's epoxied into the steerer, not a star fangled nut directly in a CF steerer tube.