Foo' was talkin' smack so I busted his face.
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- Broken Bikes/Parts
- Date Posted
- Jan 15, 2011 at 15:22Jan 15, 2011
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Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
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- Broken shit.
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- Nobody, anymore.
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jesus i thought i was gnarly putting a crack in my faceplate... luckily straitline just gave me a new one for free
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haha yea. mine was kinda "man made damage". tightened the bolts like on a normal stem. forgot u had to do top then bottom. in the end cracked after riding like that.
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Haha, Im making a very similar stem in Autodesk Inventor then throwing it into the CNC. Almost free stems for me 
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Yea it's his old one. But I wouldn't say his "fault".
He torqued the bolts down a bit too much, but if I had noticed right away that the bolt was seized/slightly stripped I may have been able to prevent this.
Basically just a case of "shit happens"
He torqued the bolts down a bit too much, but if I had noticed right away that the bolt was seized/slightly stripped I may have been able to prevent this.
Basically just a case of "shit happens"
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how did you get the bolt out of the stem body if it was seized? glad everything worked out for you
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Hacked the faceplate up and used it as leverage, basically. The large piece of faceplate in the pic wasn't letting it spin freely. Once it did I was able to toss some giant vice grips on it and spin it off as the bolt was seized onto the faceplate as well as inside the body.
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oh, and the extra leverage helped you get it out of the body? good idea for such a bad situation
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Bolt was seized, stripped, and my only option was to break and cut the faceplate off so I could salvage the stem body and the bars that were bolted to it.
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I'm not complaining haha.
Between my 3 straitline stems... I still haven't paid the price of one at full cost.
Between my 3 straitline stems... I still haven't paid the price of one at full cost.
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$40 for the black one, $0 for the blue one, and $66 for the pink one once I'm done with the new bits... but the pink came with atlas FR bars so meh.
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How the f*ck would I do that?
I have a new faceplate on order, $20 for a perfectly fine straitline stem.
Why would I hack holes in the side of the stem when I could do it this way easier? Stop being a troll.
I have a new faceplate on order, $20 for a perfectly fine straitline stem.
Why would I hack holes in the side of the stem when I could do it this way easier? Stop being a troll.
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I'm not a troll all im saying is you could have saved the body and the plate and 15 of your 20 bucks after you splurged on some hardware. whats a couple scratches to a bone thug anyway ? the body iis already pretty beat up
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No, I couldn't have.
There was no possible way of cutting the bolt out. There was some atlas FR bars bolted onto it.
I could have drilled it out, which in the end wouldn't have mattered because the bolt was seized onto the faceplate as well as the body. So I would have just screwed myself over.
My course of action was the ONLY possible choice to save the stem and bars.
Maybe you should just stfu when you don't know what you're talking about.
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Truly I am trying to be more conservative.
Just follow me for a second;
There are 4 corners where the seam meets between the body and the faceplate, sink your blade into that seam ( sure , your gnarring/ opening it up abit but function is retained?) until you make your way through the 4 bolts- now you have your bars and 2 pieces of the stem, with half of the bolt still threaded into the body, now i know you know what an EZ out is doesnt take much to work those bolt ends out....
Haha, betcha scratched your bars doing it your way.
I guess its to late now though thats why your getting all defensive.
Just follow me for a second;
There are 4 corners where the seam meets between the body and the faceplate, sink your blade into that seam ( sure , your gnarring/ opening it up abit but function is retained?) until you make your way through the 4 bolts- now you have your bars and 2 pieces of the stem, with half of the bolt still threaded into the body, now i know you know what an EZ out is doesnt take much to work those bolt ends out....
Haha, betcha scratched your bars doing it your way.
I guess its to late now though thats why your getting all defensive.
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Wouldn't work. Go ahead and deny it if you really want. I would have taken the corners of the plate and the body off, mangled threads, and caused way more grief. The gaps you refer to are minuscule.
Bars are perfectly fine, the back of the faceplate is recessed.
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they make stripped bolt removers they work prety good, used it to take out my stripped crown bolt,oh well 20 bucks aint so bad the tool costs almost that much lol
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Atlas FR. New faceplates are only $20 apparently. Already have one ordered.
Red though, going to be a funk-ay red/pink stem.
Red though, going to be a funk-ay red/pink stem.
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I have connections.
You know Justin? Rides a glory with ghetto 888's?
He sold me the bar/stem for $40.
You know Justin? Rides a glory with ghetto 888's?
He sold me the bar/stem for $40.
then you could dremel the new faceplate to be the same shape and conform to the stem body, and then re paint