Brazing a new steerer into an old fork?

[KPacenti]

Yikes, I’ve never seen so many threads on a steer tube in my entire life!

[Hananas]

And back then I thought it broke because I did something wrong… I think someone on Reddit or Facebook even told me I installed the wrong stem

[normaali]

@markbeaver

These old school forks were brass brazed so heating up the crown to free the old steerer may affect the brazing of the fork legs

I think there is also a chance of drilling out the old steerer. I’ve used a regular drill press and a hole saw for this with positive results. We didn’t have mill yet, so I turned a little guide bit on the lathe to center the hole saw drill on the fork. Takes some tinkering to get the hole saw diameter right.

If it works, it works.

[Hananas]

Cool! I don’t have a lathe or a drill press, but I suppose if I can’t use a method which is available to me now I can keep the broken fork around in case a time ever comes where I have more equipment.