Cinelli Quill stem fit

Posted on Thu 22nd, May 2014

• #1

ahnuts

Ello all,

I recently bought a new 26mm 1A Quill stem and matching 26mm Criterium 65 handlebars, but the bars don't fit into the stem. They've been forced in but the hex bolt on the stem won't tighten, it just continually spins.. Have I been had?? the bars are definitely a 26mm diameter, but because it are wedged into the stem I can't actually measure the space in the stem.. Anyways, could it be my 26mm stem not really 26mm??

Cheers

ahnuts
• #2

Truffi

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• #3

TvH

If the nut isn't captive, you probably need to take it apart and grease the threads properly so the nut binds against the stem itself, rather than the bolt. The stem might be 26.4 rather than 26.0, but that can be coke shimmed
• #4

Fangio

SOunds like the nut is threaded, or on the way to being threaded. New bolt/nuts arent expensive though.
• #5

Arbitrator
• #6

Fangio

I'm pretty sure theyre not much more than £4 on the fleapit.

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