im glad to have helped with such a beautiful build!open roader wrote:Headset now fitted with a 5mm spacer and a quick re-tension of the headset...... I like this addition, it stays.
this build has got me thinking about steel again
Postby jaseyjase » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:45 pm
im glad to have helped with such a beautiful build!open roader wrote:Headset now fitted with a 5mm spacer and a quick re-tension of the headset...... I like this addition, it stays.
Postby Causidicus » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:24 pm
Postby ironhanglider » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:37 pm
If a tabbed washer is the only thing keeping a bearing in adjustment, you are doing it wrong.Causidicus wrote:What looks like the abandonment of the tabbed washer in the headset assembly will likely require regular adjustment to headset play bordering on what could be called a constant problem.
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:09 pm
+lots. Tabbed washers came about for the same reason as lawyer tips, to save the barely competent from themselves. Ask me how I know...ironhanglider wrote:If a tabbed washer is the only thing keeping a bearing in adjustment, you are doing it wrong.Causidicus wrote:What looks like the abandonment of the tabbed washer in the headset assembly will likely require regular adjustment to headset play bordering on what could be called a constant problem.
Cheers,
Cameron
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