Steer and gets tighter... just what is wrong with my headset

broachboy

Hi again problem solving forum goers

Got a really strange problem with my track bike, I recently dropped the forks out and changed the headset (ahead type) The original was m-part and I fitted a Cane Creek S2 1", the forks are alloy with a plain alloy steerer. Ever since I fitted the new headset and re-installed the forks and adjusted them so they are nice and smooth with no play after a couple of turns left and right on the bars the whole front end becomes tight and gritty and tightens itself up until there is no movement :?:

Please help I'm at the end of my tether :roll: :shock: :? :oops:

TIA

wheeler585

Hi by the sounds of it you either have te headset put in back to front,or your missing a vital part of your headset. 8)

broachboy

wheeler585 wrote:

Hi by the sounds of it you either have te headset put in back to front,or your missing a vital part of your headset. 8)

If it was only that simple all parts are present and in correct order :?

Monty Dog

If you believe that everything is assembled in the right order, there are a few problems to consider: the crown race is not seated squarely on the forks; the cups aren't seated squarely in the headtube; the headtube isn't square (unlikely if the last headset was OK), the fork steerer is bent (again unlikely if it was OK with the previous HS)

broachboy

Monty Dog wrote:

If you believe that everything is assembled in the right order, there are a few problems to consider: the crown race is not seated squarely on the forks; the cups aren't seated squarely in the headtube; the headtube isn't square (unlikely if the last headset was OK), the fork steerer is bent (again unlikely if it was OK with the previous HS)

Cheers Monty I will run through this check list and see how I get on