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    Repair a broken steering stop

    One of my bikes recently had a small accident and broke a steering stop - a very common occurrence on racebikes! Here's how to fix one. It's not very time-consuming once the triples are out of the steering head.

    The problem:





    Support the bike so that you can remove the lower triple clamps - obviously a headlift stand isn't gonna work





    Undo the steering head nut





    Clamp securely





    Drill a 5 or 5.5mm hole. No need to go all the way through! Use a shorter bolt, or trim the bolt down





    Tap a 6mm thread







    Insert a 6mm bolt. It important to get the height slightly lower (couple of mm) than the OEM steering stop. Mine is a couple of mm higher than optimal, but is close enough for government work. Check it against the other side







    Get some of this magic liquid metal stuff!! Cheap from Bunnings etc, and very easy to work with.





    Knead the epoxy and shape it into a new stop, over the bolt.





    Admire your work for 10 minutes while the epoxy sets! (It'll be rock solid in under an hour, but is solid enough to put back in the bike after 10 or 15 mins)









    Reinstall, and check that it clears the frame! If it's too high, it'll catch.....





    Handyman would've spray-painted it silver, and then you'd never know it was a repair! I didn't have any (and it's a racebike, so who cares, right?) so I just left it looking ugly but fully functional.
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    ...Good job.

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    well done!

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    Very clever

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    Nice work. But you know it would have taken me 2 weeks while I cleaned everything.

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    Interesting

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    Marshy I had already done mine before seeing this and drilled the whole way through! Oops, You think i should fill er in with that metal knead stuff and go again??

    Cheers Mate

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    through is not a prob as long as you have a thread in there and its deep enough for hold the bolt... once the knead it cures the bolt wont go anywhere... use a longer bolt to get more engagement - it will be betterererer.... if you are worried, you can always add a lock nut to the arrangement before applying the knead it...
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    I'd actually recommend still using a short bolt, and then bunging some of the epoxy in the bottom of the hole from underneath once the bolt is in. In another accident, you still want the bolt to be the weakest part - better to rip the bolt out than snap the whole bottom triple in half.
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    To be honest Marshy- the Allen head bolts are generally high grade- 8.8/ 10.9 or 12.9 The bolt is unlikely to break but may bend. As for snapping the tree, can see that happening in a hurry.. keeping in mind the the section in the tree would remain static and the bend would take place at the shear point - top of the tree materia...then again...its a steering stop...not tested until its tested....
    as a minimum I would personnal go for 15-20mm of embedment..

    Edit-- I just reread your post Marshy - You did indicate pull out not that it would break...
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    Awesome Lads, Thanks for the info.

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