my old forks had a stem seized into then, i thought they where bent so i didnt care about them, so i cut the stem and now theses about a 1" bit of stem seized into the forks now.
soon after i realised im an idiot and the forks are straight, so now i need to knock the little metal piece out of the forks some how.... but my question is, if i cant remove it and just cut it off flush with the forks, would it be ok to put the headset and stem on but just leave the star nut and top cap off?
my old forks had a stem seized into then, i thought they where bent so i didnt care about them, so i cut the stem and now theses about a 1" bit of stem seized into the forks now.
soon after i realised im an idiot and the forks are straight, so now i need to knock the little metal piece out of the forks some how.... but my question is, if i cant remove it and just cut it off flush with the forks, would it be ok to put the headset and stem on but just leave the star nut and top cap off?