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Seal the cut with two-component-adhesive
(epoxy resin) clear varnish or with instant
adhesive.
• Only use stems with symmetric outside
clamps, i.e. clamping should be provided
around the entire circumference. Stems
with asymmetric clamping and segment
clamping may damage the steerer tube
and must not be used.
• The stem’s clamping area must be free of
burrs and the fork must have enough sup-
port inside the stem. The material used for
MERIDA bikes is tested and approved to
be used in the respective combinations.
Sometimes, the steerer tube is only prop-
ped up by the upper edge of the stem by
a few millimetres and thus is cut into and
gets damaged!
To increase the clamping area, place a
burr-free 5-mm-spacer above the stem.
Make sure the clamping area of the sleeve
and all spacers are free of burrs.
8. Carbon forks
We recommend special stems for car-
bon steerer tubes.
NEVER mount a star fangled nut as
counter bearing or a stem system
without cone mechanism clamping design.
• Only use the cone mechanism supplied
with the product together with bolt and
cover as counter bearing for the adjus-
ting bolt of the headset. Do not use star
fangled nuts and other full contact clamp-
mechanisms, because they can destroy the
steerer tube.
