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I went to "break" the 30mm stem nut on my fork top brace, and it was loose... I mean not even hand tight. What's up with that?
This nut was loose: (Hope you don't mind I borrowed your pic, Fred)
At first I was alarmed that this was a dangerous condition that I was riding around with. But, there's a lock washer and another nut under there, so there was no real danger, right? :shock: :shock:
I think I recall that this nut is to be torqued to around 75 ft/lbs, so how could it have been loose?
I'm glad I'm doing this maintenence... I'm finding all sorts of loose and missing items.
This nut was loose: (Hope you don't mind I borrowed your pic, Fred)

At first I was alarmed that this was a dangerous condition that I was riding around with. But, there's a lock washer and another nut under there, so there was no real danger, right? :shock: :shock:
I think I recall that this nut is to be torqued to around 75 ft/lbs, so how could it have been loose?
I'm glad I'm doing this maintenence... I'm finding all sorts of loose and missing items.