grill lighter.

you go to ccp still? was that you i nodded to the other day, with the orangish bike?

yeah, i go to ccp. dropped my main campus class though so im only at the west branch. And yeah, i ride an orange bike. Whats up man? Are you the guy on the raliegh id see at main all the time?

the rush hour, yeah

so with the grill lighter, just apply the heat till they drop out? i tried with my zippo for a while this afternoon with no luck, but i don't think it is as hot a a grill lighter.

anysort of butane, like a bic. i would use a long grill one because i have one and its longer so i wont burn my fingers, it takes a few seconds, but it eventually melts the wax. If its hot glue or something you might wait longer.

oh........yeah i used super glue

ohhhh. um, i'd say chip away at it with a smaller flathead screwdriver maybe? or a soldering iron??

another way to spread the clamp on a quill stem, and one that will prevent gouging the thing with a screwdriver, is to undo the allen key til it's all the way out of the front, insert a quarter into the gap , and re-tighten the bolt. as it won't be able to get past the quarter it will spread the clamp as you continue to turn the key

^dude, rad. I will use this. im sick of nicking up the inside of my stem gaps with screwdrives.

is this real?

I was actually going to do this except with a tool for car brakes. It works the same way but pushes the piston from the caliper in. Same concept but the pry bar worked first. haha