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Old 05-04-17, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by alcjphil
Take the headset out and look to see if the crack is also inside the head tube. If it is, don't put it back together
^^^This. It's aluminum. The crack will spread and eventually it will fail catastrophically. It cannot easily be repaired; and by that I mean an affordable, permanent fix.
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