Stem rotates but won't come out. Why?
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Haha, yeah, I'll get a helperyou aren't pulling hard enough.
novocaine
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rubber mallet, knock it down first.
squirrelchaser
Old School Grand Master
Try slackening the top of the headset .
That's worth a try.
I've knock the stem in, and had a helper hang onto the forks while I wanged the bars / stem around to no effect so far.
Mod-Master
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This happened to me, with a cinelli stem, am I right in thinking it’s not the typical wedge design but the other one?
Anyway, I screwed the stem bolt back in, then hit the top of the bolt with a hammer, dislodging the wedge thing from inside the stem and then pulled it out.
Anyway, I screwed the stem bolt back in, then hit the top of the bolt with a hammer, dislodging the wedge thing from inside the stem and then pulled it out.
squirrelchaser
Old School Grand Master
"Wanged" . Love it .
I think it's a Cinelli thing with a kind of concentric bung in the end. But I don't really know because I can't see it. I've stuck a long rod down and it feels like there's nothing in there and the bung / wedge has dropped away.
novocaine
Old School Grand Master
said the wedge had dropped out so assumed it was a normal quill rather than an expander. even with a a standard quill this is the normal process.
hehe wang.
