So I pulled the trigger on one of these yesterday and installed it in my fork last night. I got it done, but it was a challenge I did not expect. The fit tolerances of the carrier are very tight, so I don't know if the steer tube got slightly out of round while trimming last time or if a couple different installations of star nuts roughed up the inside, but I could not get that sucker to drop in like the installation videos show. I ended up having to go to town with a round file and emery cloth on the inside of the steer tube to get the carrier to fit down with a reasonable sized spacer. First go had me having to use pliers to get it back out in order to try and clean things up, damaging the sweet finish.
This was likely not due to quality of the EDC carrier. But at least if you are cutting threads, you know that the carrier is going to fit.
It's a tight fit now, but at least I can get the actual tool in and out without feeling like I was going to brake the lip.
April 20, 2021, 4:16 p.m. - ShawMac
So I pulled the trigger on one of these yesterday and installed it in my fork last night. I got it done, but it was a challenge I did not expect. The fit tolerances of the carrier are very tight, so I don't know if the steer tube got slightly out of round while trimming last time or if a couple different installations of star nuts roughed up the inside, but I could not get that sucker to drop in like the installation videos show. I ended up having to go to town with a round file and emery cloth on the inside of the steer tube to get the carrier to fit down with a reasonable sized spacer. First go had me having to use pliers to get it back out in order to try and clean things up, damaging the sweet finish. This was likely not due to quality of the EDC carrier. But at least if you are cutting threads, you know that the carrier is going to fit. It's a tight fit now, but at least I can get the actual tool in and out without feeling like I was going to brake the lip.