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1. Remove the top cap and any spacers from above the stem<\/p>\n 2. Loosen the stem bolts on the steer tube<\/p>\n 3. Remove the inner cap that’s screwed into the compression fitting inside the steer tube<\/p>\n 4. Mark the steer tube just above the stem with a bright color (needs to be bright enough that you can see the line when you put it in the saw guide).<\/p>\n 5. Remove the brake from the fork and your computer sensor (if it’s a wired system)<\/p>\n 6. Remove the fork from the headtube. You’ll have two headset bearings- one on top, and one on the bottom. Place them (and the parts that go with them) on your greaserag in the order that you took them off.<\/p>\n 7. Put the steer tube into the saw guide- you’ll want the line you made to be just above the saw guide slot so that you’re cutting it almost a millimeter shorter than you marked (this is so that the steer tube\/fitting will end up just below the top of the stem when re-assembled).<\/p>\n 8. Clamp the saw guide\/fork into a vice<\/p>\n 9. Saw!<\/p>\n 10. The compression fitting in my steer tube needed to be adjusted as well (sorry, no pic). I used a hammer and a deep 5\/8″ socket to press it down further into the steer tube so that the edge of the top fitting would sit flush with the new cut.<\/p>\n 11. Re-assemble in the reverse order (aren’t you glad you laid those headset bearings out in order?)<\/p>\n 12. Perfection!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/before.jpg\" "\\"before\\"")
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