Steerer Tube Thread Extending
- Thread starter nporternz
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Yes, I have the dies, guides and handles for 1", 1-1/8" and 1-1/4".
Easy enough job, so £7-£10 per inch of thread depending on the diameter (fatter steerers are far harder to thread), including extending the headset washer slot.
PM for any more details.
All the best,
Easy enough job, so £7-£10 per inch of thread depending on the diameter (fatter steerers are far harder to thread), including extending the headset washer slot.
PM for any more details.
All the best,
PorschenutRedux
Retro Newbie
I saw this great vid about extending tubes on youtube yesterday. Paul Brodie content.
Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
I bought all sizes of thread fork dies from China. If you get them all at the same time you save on postage. I ground flat spots on the dies, put them in a vice and use a padded bar between the fork legs to turn it. What I used to do in the 1970s was to take the top race and force it beyond the existing threads with a pipe wrench. The race gets dull so I just kept using new junk ones until I had the proper threaded distance. you have to use a pipe wrench to get the final race on. You have to use a pipe wrench to get it off. Costs nothing and your headset will only loosen up through wear. Its a measure that I did many times as it was the only solution cost wise when I was starting a family. Real threading is much better, but if your broke or cheap it will do. The bikes I used this on were either discarded in the woods or tossed into abandoned mine caving ground. No one tosses bikes out like that anymore. There never seemed to be a shortage of free bikes then. Twice I have extended fork tubes in a manner similar to the above video. Only I drill a hole all the way through the fork tubes and the interior gusset above and below the joint and tack all 4 sided of the pins. If the joint breaks no catastrophic failure, it will feel wobbly.
