Re: [CR]Beautiful rare valuable stem stuck in crap bike.

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From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:55:40 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Beautiful rare valuable stem stuck in crap bike.
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 4/26/07 2:52:05 PM, Mark@bulgier.net writes:
>The thermal expansion coefficient of
>aluminum is much higher than that of steel, so when you heat the
>assembly, the Al expands more than the steel, making the fit even
>tighter. Extreme _cooling_ is more likely to help you break it free,
>because the stem will shrink more than the steerer.

Try a combo of the two. Heat it and then cool it. Phil Brown That should break it loose but not in San Rafael, Calif.

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