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steering stem locknut rusted! help!


eprada87

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im changing my bearing on my 87 since its original and worn out. its so original that the locknut that holds the bearing is rusted in the frame. i washed it with PB blaster, torched it, tryed using the bolt trick that alot of people were talking about in other threads, and tryed using a big screw driver and hammer. Its still not even moving a bit. I even tryed cutting it with a dremel but my wheels break after a while. What do you guys suggest for me to do? looks like the only thing i can do it cut it into pieces. i will appreciate all the ideas and help i can get.

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we worked on one that was like that. air tools wouldnt budge it. i ended up giving up that lower stem part off my old J-ARM frame to fix his. if you have a shot frame and you can weld it could be fixed. if your lucky you wont have to go that road. good luck.

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i just finished cutting the locknut with a dremel. we used a HD wheel to cut that shit. now the bearing doesnt wanna come out. the internals came out of course from being shot so its jus the outer part thats still there. i just might go the dremel method again. thanks for your help

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