Specialized warranty claim

[deluz]

In an another thread I was asking about cutting 5mm off the steerer tube on my Tarmac SL8. It was not as easy as I anticipated, ended up keeping the fork in the frame and cutting with the jig Horizontally but it came out fine.
Then I went to remove the expansion plug since it needed to drop down 5mm but the wedge is stuck. I hit it pretty hard with various hammers and then decided I needed to take it to the nearby Specialized shop. They tried for several days to remove the wedge with no success and told me the fork is now unsafe to use and they are going to put in a warranty claim. I may not be able to get the same color that np arches my frame. Does anybody know how long this process takes? Luckily I still have my Mercian to ride.