I was hit by a car and the fork was severely damaged so I'm getting a new one. Where I live it's almost impossible to find a threaded 1" aluminium fork but I was lucky enough to find one at a decent price. This fork has thread all the way from top to bottom and has a steerer of 24-26cm.
My current fork is a 1" threaded aluminium fork, with about 16cm steering tube and a quill to threadless adapter adding 6cm (making the steering a total of 22cm long). The adapter is 1" to 1", so it does not change the size of the steerer. Since my stem is 1" 1/8, there's a plate hugging the quill adapter to make it that size (see picture below).
Currently I'm facing 2 issues:
1. The fork and adapter look like they got welded from lack of grease between them when installed (I bought the bike used and had no idea about this) so it's been proving very hard to separate them. Any tips on that? I've been told by several stores it's not possible to remove the fork without removing the adapter but I haven't tried it myself. I'm a little affraid of doing it myself cause I'm not familiar with the inner workings and don't want to damage anything. In the event it's not removable this way, what would you suggest, using a drill to cut the tube close to the steerer ring?
2. Because the new steerer tube is so long, I would like to keep it just the way it is and hug it with the plate I mentioned to make it 1" 1/8 instead of cutting it and putting and adapter on top because a) it's less work b) it's lighter c) I have more room for height adjustments and d) it's cheaper (in case I can't save mine and need to buy an adapter). My only concern is that the previous setup had two flat surfaces in contact and now I would be having a flat and a threaded surface in contact. Would that prove any problem in terms of security or others? Should I use grease there as well? What would be the best way to do it?
Thank you so much for the patience, I appreciate any help!
My current fork is a 1" threaded aluminium fork, with about 16cm steering tube and a quill to threadless adapter adding 6cm (making the steering a total of 22cm long). The adapter is 1" to 1", so it does not change the size of the steerer. Since my stem is 1" 1/8, there's a plate hugging the quill adapter to make it that size (see picture below).
Currently I'm facing 2 issues:
1. The fork and adapter look like they got welded from lack of grease between them when installed (I bought the bike used and had no idea about this) so it's been proving very hard to separate them. Any tips on that? I've been told by several stores it's not possible to remove the fork without removing the adapter but I haven't tried it myself. I'm a little affraid of doing it myself cause I'm not familiar with the inner workings and don't want to damage anything. In the event it's not removable this way, what would you suggest, using a drill to cut the tube close to the steerer ring?
2. Because the new steerer tube is so long, I would like to keep it just the way it is and hug it with the plate I mentioned to make it 1" 1/8 instead of cutting it and putting and adapter on top because a) it's less work b) it's lighter c) I have more room for height adjustments and d) it's cheaper (in case I can't save mine and need to buy an adapter). My only concern is that the previous setup had two flat surfaces in contact and now I would be having a flat and a threaded surface in contact. Would that prove any problem in terms of security or others? Should I use grease there as well? What would be the best way to do it?
Thank you so much for the patience, I appreciate any help!