Okay I'm gunna give it another go trying to install my starnut, So some one that has buffs or oversized bars and uses a 1 1/4 starnt with the compresion system only answer this. Okay I need big help ive ruined two of them already, so is it spossed to be extreamly hard to get them in becase it just seems like the wall on my buffs are so thick, people tell me to go to a bike shop but this time i orded two starnuts so ill try one myself and if i fuck them ill go toa bike shop so yay i need help.
Starnut Installing
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ENERGY TURTLE
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It should be hard to smack them in there because you have to bend all 5 (or 6, cant remember) prongs into the bars twice (2 sets of 5 or 6 prongs). The easiest way to do that ive found was to use the rounded end of a ball pin hammer. http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/c/cd/Ball-peen_hammer_380mm.JPG . Then once you get it in use a stock handlebar and hit it in the rest of the way, occasionally stoping and checking if its deep enough/straight.
Dudes. You gotta take it easy. I've installed starnuts into 7 bars and haven't messed up any of them.
You gotta take it easy, not pound it crazy. If you pound it as hard as you can, you will bend the starnut or even break it.
It takes time, just pound it a little so the flangs will bend a bit till the front star gets in first, and pound it just a little bit forward with each hit.
In case if needed, stick a bolt into the starnut and see if it's straight, if it's not, then take the bolt out and pound the starnut's edges which needed to get it straight.
It'll take time but the result will be perfect
You gotta take it easy, not pound it crazy. If you pound it as hard as you can, you will bend the starnut or even break it.
It takes time, just pound it a little so the flangs will bend a bit till the front star gets in first, and pound it just a little bit forward with each hit.
In case if needed, stick a bolt into the starnut and see if it's straight, if it's not, then take the bolt out and pound the starnut's edges which needed to get it straight.
It'll take time but the result will be perfect
Hep Greg
Administrator
take a hammer and hit the ends of the first star so the bend a little bit, and so they'll fit into the bars better.
then, use a bolt that fits through the hole, and hit it in with that. once you cant hit it any farther with that, use a socket bit to hit it in the rest of the way.
then, use a bolt that fits through the hole, and hit it in with that. once you cant hit it any farther with that, use a socket bit to hit it in the rest of the way.
ENERGY TURTLE
Member
That thing might still be usable, try and bend the flanges back and re-use it, even if its just to practice. And yeah like madis said, dont smash and beat on it, but also dont be scared to hit it hard enough to get it in.
danielwarwick
Member
Everyone saying how hard it was to install them made me weary of even buying threadless forks, but i decided to go for it, and it was the easiest thing i have ever done on a scooter. I had some problems getting it tight, but that was a headset problem. Shit, i'd rather put a starnut in than lock a foldy.
gorrilaman
Member
Where do you buy 1 1/4 starnuts? Alright , thanks Corey.
http://www.phattire.com/starfanglednut.html - Phat tire (where I get mine from, their reliable)
http://www.amazon.com/Aheadset-Headset-Star-Nut-Each/dp/B000C17NUC - Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Aheadset-Headset-Star-Nut-Each/dp/B000C17NUC - Amazon
the_SD_local
I own SR.
I don't recommend doing it that way but it does work if you are careful and make sure the bolt is screwed in all the way so the threads are bottomed out. If the bolt is loose in the threads then hammering will destroy it so it is kind of risky. It also help to SLIGHTLY pre-bend the flanges with a pair of needle nose pliers.Jeff Lukaszeski said:
If none of that makes sense then go to a bike shop because they have tools specifically for this job.