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What would be the most stressed/under constrain parts of a threaded fork? My guess would be at the junction of the fork blades and the steerer tube, but just wanted different opinions.
Damaged the top of my fork by dropping it on the floor: the flat part (where the little cylindrical washer of a threaded headset with a flat part on the inner diameter sits) was a little ripped (around 4mm maybe) but the threads were fine; managed to put a quill stem inside the steerer to straighten up the torned part, re-assembled the threaded headset and re-fitted the quill stem.
I reckon it could be fine as the torned part of the steerer is gripped between the headset on the outside and the quill stem on the inside, and I see it as a "low-stress" area, but I guess I could be wrong and wanted different opinions on that.