I've already had it at my LBS for 3 days of soaking and attempts. The next step from them is to send it home for the week with their 71 year old part time mechanic (he only works on Mondays and Fridays, so he takes it home Monday...) which is what I may ultimately have to do but I'd really like to get it on my own. As far as the wedge, it never budged when tapping with the stem bolt, and now the bolt will not go back in. Yes, I was stunned that it would be stuck in so new of a bike. I have adjusted the stem as recently as last August or September. I do sweat a lot, so I just chalked it up to that. Thanks for all the input and I won't be working on it again till Friday (but I'll be riding it cause the stem and goin' nowhere!) so I'd love to hear more.
On Apr 9, 10:54 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > I've never seen a stem THAT stuck on such a new bike. I'd put away the > chemistry set for now, and see if lube and carefully applied force will have > an effect. > > I've seen people loosen the headset top nut with the intention of removing > the stem, but that has no bearing, so to speak, on securing the stem into the > steerer. It's the 6mm allen bolt at the top elbow part of the stem that > tightens the wedge. If you get that bolt really loose and tap/whack it with a > hammer, 97.3% of the time you'll break it loose. You can also sandwich the > wheel betwixt your legs whilst you twist the handlebar side to side (again > with the bolt very loose, and don't twist hard enough to break/bend the fork > or the wheel). > > And don't hesitate to visit your LBS if you have one you like. Some of us > bike fixing types are full of tricks and it'll probably be easier and cheaper > than you think. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
