Galvanic corrosion. They are merely spacers. Place a block of wood on top of fork tube and smack with hammer and they should pop loose.
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probably hard to do without the bike in a stand. You have to have the frame in such a way to let the fork be able to start to drop out as it is being hit. you will damage the spacers but time for new anyway if they are this bad of shape. Brace the fork from moving and take a pipe wrench to the little guys to try two spin them loose. If that does not work, carefully use a cutoff wheel score deep on a couple side and pop loose with a chisel and hammer. do not cut the steer tube
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Cool! crazy stubborn for such a simple task. clean up the fork the fork tube well and place a thin coat of water proof grease to it. many use boat trailer axle grease. cheap and works well for bicycle bearings too.
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Looking good, coming right along. What product did you use to strip the frame?
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thanks for sharing. We used to nick name them "Crack n' Fail". I have always liked Cannondale. Had a few myself over the years. When you get her done, show us the results. Looking forward to it.
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maybe some pics may help see what you are dealing with.
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Looks like you could use an "inline barrel adjuster".
I do not know what you mean when you say indexing screw. The front derailleur has a clamp screw, High/Low limit screws. The front der. link you gave says "Double" you have a triple ring up front. try the inline barrel adjuster and see if you can dial it in before trying other front derailleurs.
Looks like you are coming right along with the project/Mod. Thanks for sharing
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cool, so she is road ready huh. Did you get the gears set up fine?
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