Crack in fork steerer

DaveyL
DaveyL Posts: 5,167
edited September 2010 in Workshop
There's a ~1 cm long crack running vertically down from the top of my carbon fork steerer tube.

Presumably I can return it to the maker and see if they will do a warranty replacement, but would it be sasfe just to cut the top, say, 2 cm off? I have quite a few spacers below the headeset and have been meaning to get it cut down anyway.
Le Blaireau (1)

Comments

  • Send it back. It is the nature of carbon that you cant always see the end of cracks in the material.
    Neil
    Help I'm Being Oppressed
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,541
    +1 for send it back

    any idea why it cracked? maybe it's dodgy steerer, but maybe it was caused by the stem or fittng error or expander plug, so for peace of mind i'd try to find out

    failing steerer, brrr, stuff of nightmares
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Yeah, you're both right of course. Absolutely no point taking any sort of risk with that part of the bike.

    Thanks, guys.
    Le Blaireau (1)