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I think it will be fine from what you’ve said and I would absolutely recommend threadlock + low-ish torque :)
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Instead of tapping it could you use a small bolt to pass through the hole? Bolt head facing into the centre of the fork? Is the steerer aluminium? In any case you could use a carbon expander bung (for carbon forks) to save having to modify the star nut? I assume you don’t want the mounts to be fixed via the quick release skewer/wheel axle?
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OK here's a weird one ... Thinking about full guards on fome carbon rigid MTB forks with no holes or eyelets.
So plan to avoid P clips is:
Forks have a sub 10mm drain hole facing downwards on the alu sockety thing where the ends bond to the crabon. I'm thinking of threading this, amd attaching a small steel plate with holes and a bend in it to neatly fix stays for the guard. Or even just twist the stays so they face the right way and bolt directly to the hole. For the top hanger (forks have no drilling at the crown) I'm going to add a star nut up the steerer (maybe need to reduce the length of the star's flanges a bit).
Will I die? Is the tapping thing madness? Would probably add a touch of threadlock to my M10 bolt there.