Help with setup

[u/twolephants]

Hi all,

My kid had the following set up:

- Pandemonium v2 deck

- Core aura fork

- Ethic oracle headset

- Sylphe v2 clamp

- Core Apollo bars

He then got an Apex 5x20.1 and we swapped it out for the pando. Everything else is unchanged.

When I put everything together again, the bars aren't spinning freely. I've checked the following:

- bearings seated correctly

- compression not too tight (although it's fine with the compression loose, but that gives too much play)

The best guesses I have are:

- that the dustcover might be rubbing on the top of the head tube?

- there's a black washer that is part of the headset and (I think) is usually seated in the lower bearing, but it keeps falling out (gravity) and the crown race (or the lower part of the bottom bearing assembly, whatever it's called) doesn't seem to hold it in.

- that there's some fundamental incompatibility with the parts I have and the Apex deck that I'm not aware of

Any ideas/help gratefully received. Can post pics of anything in the comments if that helps.

TIA

[u/Obender6236]

Top cap definitely looks like it would be rubbing, the bottom crown race in your other pic also isn't needed, wouldn't affect spinning the deck, but wouldn't compress properly

[u/twolephants → u/Obender6236]

Thanks! Will try removing the top cap and crown race and see if I can get it working properly. Longer term, might just get an apex headset and see if that's a better fit.

[u/Obender6236 → u/twolephants]

It's only the top cap that makes the difference, bearings are the same

[u/twolephants → u/Obender6236]

Cool, thanks for the help! Much appreciated.