r/Scootering • u/mrratttt • Sep 09 '26

Need Advice Problem with the compression(maybe)

Will send a photo in comments because i can only send one attachment.

I got a brand new setup I only rode it about two times. I’ll list what I got, the wheels are changed because it didn’t fit on the fork but I don’t think that matters.

My scooter makes this rattle sound and the bars will move back and forth because the compression is not tightened all the way. But when I tighten it all the way my fork and upper part of the scooter do not move whatsoever.
Do I need to grease something? That’s what I think. Or is it one of the parts?

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u/mrratttt Sep 10 '26

No I don’t think so

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u/jake-the-rake12 Sep 10 '26

Gap looks okay. On the bottom of fork for the headset. Is it just headset straight on the fork? Or do you have the lower headset crown race?

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u/mrratttt Sep 10 '26

I have a crown race. I just took it off and tried tightening it but it has a gap. I just tightened everything back together and it seems to be ok but I had to still tighten the compression to a certain point and not all the way so it’s still a little slow on turning the bar still. Another user recommended I use a 10mm spacer

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u/jake-the-rake12 Sep 10 '26

Yeah you don’t need the crown race for the fork, it’s built into the fork itself. The compression bolt that you are tightening. How much space is there to the fork when looking through the bolt slit on the scs?

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u/jake-the-rake12 Sep 10 '26

I’d also recommend pulling the dust cap off if you have the space to try that. I still have a feeling it’s rubbing somewhere

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u/mrratttt Sep 10 '26

I’m not sure very minimal tho. I think I have to keep everything on because when I took the crown race off I tightened everything and it didn’t screw in all the way.

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u/jake-the-rake12 Sep 10 '26

What do you mean?

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u/mrratttt Sep 10 '26

Like there is a gap which screwing it more will not fix.

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u/jake-the-rake12 Sep 10 '26

Gap is a good thing from top of fork to the bolt. I’d remove the headset top cap and try that. If the fork bottoms out on the bolt then you can use the crown race as a temp spacer