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I've got an issue with a star not not being correctly seated (not my doing) and it's looking like a new one is going to have to be installed.
Is there any other solution worth considering to this or should I just stick with the tried and trusted?
Hope Head Doctor's are theoretically very straightforward to fit? But I hear mixed reports about them, esp. fitting them wrong and damaging the steerer.
Someone must know.
Theres other solutions but a star nut is the best and cheapest.
Thanks chaps.
I thought as much - I'm happy fitting another star nut (properly this time) and like you say DT, the most cost effective option
On one do this gadget - only works with forks with a steerer which is open at the bottom though.
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HSOOLOCK/on_one_head_set_lock
Not tried it, but looks quite cunning. Any reports?
Star nuts are cheap but require the fitting tool to get them installed correctly. Otherwise they can be a right royal pain.
Far simpler and better looking is a Hope Head Doctor. No faffing about to remove them. And like most Hope kit just works.
Star nuts are cheap but require the fitting tool to get them installed correctly
If you're a ham fisted gibbon. Otherwise they're dead easy to install.
"but require the fitting tool to get them installed correctly"
Hmm, dont agree. Ive fitted most of mine with a hammer and screwdriver (that fits through the threaded hole), one with an (ice toolz) setting tool. The faffiest bit is getting it started in the tube, which youve still got to do with the fitting tool?
Length of M6 allthread, a penny washer and a few nuts. Drawing the star nut in rather than bashing it in with a drift has to be kinder, if a little slower.
+1 for the M6 all thread. I have one made-up, with nuts and big washers somewhere. PM me if you want to borrow it .....
Jeez, it's not microsurgery guys.
Bolt, hammer, skill...all that's needed.
Star nut is light, reliable, cheap, and as easy to install as a nail into a bit of wood.
....... it's not microsurgery guys.Bolt, hammer, skill...all that's needed.
I've got a star nut to fit in some carbon road forks (with a Rizla thin alloy steerer). Considering that a misplaced mallet probably won't bounce off them as casually as it might on steel forks do you think I should risk trying this at home 😕