Andy in Germany
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Or: Am I missing the blindingly obvious?
So here's the headset on the newly rebuilt bike. Notice scratches from spanner.
It won't stay tight: either it is hard to steer, or the forks wobble.
Sometimes, by way of variation, they do both. I'm not sure how they manage that either.
A couple of possibly daft questions:
1: Are all the various screws in the right order? According to Sheldon Brown I think they are, but what do I know?
2: In the absence of instructions I'm assuming all the parts are tightened in the same direction: ie screwed down towards the wheel, but that seems to make the toothed screw redundant. Is it that the to two screws above the washer are supposed to be tightened against each other?
Any other thoughts welcome...
So here's the headset on the newly rebuilt bike. Notice scratches from spanner.
It won't stay tight: either it is hard to steer, or the forks wobble.
Sometimes, by way of variation, they do both. I'm not sure how they manage that either.
A couple of possibly daft questions:
1: Are all the various screws in the right order? According to Sheldon Brown I think they are, but what do I know?
2: In the absence of instructions I'm assuming all the parts are tightened in the same direction: ie screwed down towards the wheel, but that seems to make the toothed screw redundant. Is it that the to two screws above the washer are supposed to be tightened against each other?
Any other thoughts welcome...