>>1884230>With 99.99% of threaded headsets and quill stems, the minimum insert line on the stem will get the expander wedge below the threaded section on the forkIt's actually pretty common.
Lots of builders made/threaded 1 fork for every size of frame and then it was just cut it down to size. So on the bigger sizes there are way too many threads.
This is on nice bikes and shit ones. I have several frames with this problem.
It's boomervice not to have the wedge on the threads but in reality that's not realistic. It basically means junking a bunch of nice forks, or, they're not compatible with nice road quills AND they have to be slammed. Nobody is actually following the advice every time.
The failure does happen but it's extremely uncommon. I've spoken to grizzly shop mechanics who have never seen it happen. Grant has a post about it where he says it happens, but, the wedge will still hold the steerer together even if it splits it, and so there's a failsafe. Though, if it did happen, and go wrong, you could get -really- fucked up.
Imo it's best practice to observe 'within reason'.
