Campag Record threaded headset

[oldgreyandslow]

I just found this forum and start straight off with a question, sorry.

I have a Donahue frameset, which is about 14 years old, and it was fitted with a miche headset which has died. The fork is a 1 inch threaded cro-mo job and OK. I decided I wanted to keep everything Campag, as the rest of the kit is Campag Mirage, so bought a 1" threaded record headset. When my bike mechanic tried fitting it he said the stack height of the new headset was too high. Eventually we found a fix using a locknut from a stronglight headset, not pretty but at least I have the campag races etc. However on investigation I see a gap between the upper cup and the top screw down race the gap is about 1mm or maybe less. I realise the terminology maybe wrong (sorry)

I assume this can't be right?

Any suggestions welcome

Ta

 

[rogerzilla]

It's possible that the bearing cartridge is the wrong way up, but the Cane Creek S3 is like this even when assembled correctly.

 

[oldgreyandslow]

Sorted, I called the bike shop that fitted it and they agreed it didn't seem right, took it back and they had another look and found that they had not fitted a seal. So with the seal fitted everything looks fine.

Now to get some more miles in.