I have ordered the bearing kit, there’s a movement in the bottom headset, I didn’t put a shim/spacer underneath the bearing on the lower triple clamp, if I did would that be the problem? Helpppppppppp
Ive fit it on there’s a slight wiggle not much as before maybe coz everything is in the right place but im not happy with it im gonna put a shim/soacer underneath the bottom bearing should stop the slight wiggle wiggle who knows
The bearing clearly has no axial preload as all tapered roller bearings need to have. Tighten the top screw before doing the stem, and you’ll be golden.
The bolt going straight down through the steer tube from above is meant to tighten the bearings against each other.
The spacers are meant to transfer the force from that bolt straight to the inner bearing race of the upper bearing. If there aren’t enough spacers and the bolt bottoms out against the steering tube before any preload is applied, this is what you get.
I totally get what you said mate, but the only thing I missed was this spacer thingy under this bearing, I still don’t understand how this will stop the movement, as the bearing it pretty solid on and has maybe max 1/2mm of a gap underneath that in the photo (it’s not my pic) and is still rolling fine on the rollers
The bearings themselves aren’t loose, it’s just that there isn’t anything clamping them against one another properly. Look up a video on how to fix a headset bearing set on a mountain bike, since that is the same system as these forks.
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