I still sweat a bit when cutting steerers on pricy new forks.
Put on bike, spacers on, stem on, mark the steerer.
Have a think.
Measure everything just to be sure.
Measure again.
Take apart.
Measure against old forks.
Have a think to make sure nothing has been done wrong.
Build up again, chaeck the mark is in the right place.
Add 5mm just to be sure.
Measure the headtube again.
Study everything carefully.
Leave the shed for a another cooling off think.
Approach fork with confidence and a fine toothed hacksaw.
Chop.
Stop just before the cut gets too deep.
Measure everything again.
Carry on chopping. 🙂
I’ve also done the inner cable still in while chopping outer thing…..
i once fitted a shimano xt hollotech crank using a torque wrench and the correct torques – in the correct 1-2-1-2-1-2 manor till they were both the desired torque.
The crank fell off on the first ride
I went back to doing it by hand till they were snug.
When I got my shiny new Lauf forks I used the correct torque on the axle and it came loose during the first ride. Thankfully I noticed it before any damage done 😕 Nipped it up to what felt ‘right’ and has been fine since then.
Then I got a second set of Laufs, these being shiny and new, I used the torque wrench again, two different ones just to be safe.
Battered it round Laggan black and the axle was (scarily!) finger tight when I got to the bottom 🙄 No more torque wrench for me…