Shiftless Bastards Complete Fixed Gear Build pt. 3 Quill Stem and Bars

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Fixed
• Gear
• Bicycle
• Conversion
• Shiftless
• Bastards
• Track
• Bike
• Assembly
• Springfield
• Missouri
• Quill
• Stem
• Bullhorn
• Bars

[savageknives1]

your videos are great. I am trying to remove the head set from a schwinn super sport i recently bought. the quill is proving a bitch to get out. is this just rust or am i missing something obvious? all the bolts, nuts, and other hardware have been removed or loosened and its still not coming out. i have been giving it a good dose of wd 40 every day. any suggestions?

[ShiftlessBastards]

@savageknives1 probably just rust. Over many years rusting the quill and steer tube can seemingly fuse.

Put a lot of penetrating oil (wd-40 or liquid wrench) in there and let it sit over night or for a couple of days, that should loosen it up.

[DrakeHawton]

i have a fixie with a standard stem and all threadless, is there any way to swith to a quill stem withought having to buy a new threaded fork and threaded headset?

[ShiftlessBastards]

@DrakeHawton No sir.

[LxHxCx661]

my quill stem is being a bitch to take off. i think its rusted together. i tried hammering it out. twisting but it wont give in. any suggestions on how to take it out with out damaging anything?

[ShiftlessBastards]

@LxHxCx661 use some liquid wrench or wd-40 and let it soak!!!! Then try again.

[nezzavanezza]

Just got my fixie..i wanna assemble it correctly n b able to keep it in good shape.just don't exactly know how -___-

[crackerskates]

Are quill stem compatible with thread less forks?

[asianmark11]

wat kind of stem is that?

[nfeht]

@savageknives1 I just recently replaced the bearings in a 1984 raleigh and had a similar problem. I had to heat my steer tube and headset. once they expanded i was able to separate them. Thermal expansion.

[thecastman97]

quill stems look so sexy, but if they made one that went 360 instead of 359

[uber0kuhl]

@savageknives1 you can also loosen the bolt a couple turns and hit the bolt with a hammer and the quill part inside will just pop out

[annash60]

ah thanks man.. i dont know how to remove stem, after seeing your vid, now i know how. just loose from the stem :)

[BanjoLuke1]

Excellent video - very helpful... but I was a fool to follow fashion and cut down my bars to a 'bullhorn'. I've tried a billion angles and bar heights, but years on drops have made my arms unable to adapt. 80s 531 fixie now ruined by my curiosity. I am now a bullhorn fashion victim :o(

[savageknives1]

@ShiftlessBastards Thank you. thats what i needed to know. ill keep working at it.