AaronR504 Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 basically was riding earlier and realised star nut was not working right so tried tof ix it.... goes without saying obvioulsy that now its broken but as its my only bike i want to somehow get it going again without massive wobble because atm its my only way to or from college so is there any way i can botch it? any suggestions would be amazingly helpful thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 basically was riding earlier and realised star nut was not working right so tried tof ix it.... goes without saying obvioulsy that now its broken but as its my only bike i want to somehow get it going again without massive wobble because atm its my only way to or from college so is there any way i can botch it? any suggestions would be amazingly helpful thanks. Bang another star nut into the steerer pushing the old one down and out of the way, job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam T Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 It's not the ordinary sized star nut, its the half inch one that Deng puts in his forks. You'll have to order one off Tarty or ask Ben mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 You can also buy a thing called a headlock, it goes the whole way through the stem and out the bottom of the forks. Although not sure how well it will work with deng forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 (edited) Although not sure how well it will work with deng forks. Not at all, the steerer tube gets thicker at the bottom, to the point it doesn't fit in. Which is coincidentally the same reason you can't beat the starnut down and out of deng forks, only up, the hard, time consuming way. Edited September 20, 2010 by Revolver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Not at all, the steerer tube gets thicker at the bottom, to the point it doesn't fit in. Which is coincidentally the same reason you can't beat the starnut down and out of deng forks, only up, the hard, time consuming way. not that hard... Thread a slide hammer into the star nut and yank the f**ker up? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Harder than smacking it out the bottom. When I did mine, there were bits of swarf sticking out from when it went in, and it got wedged in place. I ended up beating it to pieces with a file, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Not at all, the steerer tube gets thicker at the bottom, to the point it doesn't fit in. Which is coincidentally the same reason you can't beat the starnut down and out of deng forks, only up, the hard, time consuming way. This explains alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronR504 Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 whats the easiest way to put a new starnut in without buying a pecial tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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