Fork stuck in headset!
crashtestdummy12
Posts: 99
Hi,
I went out for a ride yesterday, and realised that my headset had quite a bit of stiction in it and was quite stiff to turn. Today I decided to strip and rebuild the headset (a recent Hope model), as I have done before, but after I had removed the stem, the fork simply wouldn't budge. Eventually, after recruiting another person (so that's two people hitting it with hammers), I managed to get it so that the top of the steerer tube is parallel to the top of the headset. I can now lift the steerer tube up in the head tube, revealing that the problem is that the spacer/seal jobby that is supposed to simply slide on and off is stuck fast(I can't get a photo of my actual headset onto here, but the item in question is number 7 on hopes diagram). The steerer tube is aluminium so I don't see how it could have seized. The only other thing that I can think of is that the steerer tube could be mis-shapen, but this seems unlikely as it was VERY hard to make it move, even where the stem isn't touching the steerer tube.
Does anybody have any idea what's wrong and/or how I should go about fixing it?
Thanks, Crash.
I went out for a ride yesterday, and realised that my headset had quite a bit of stiction in it and was quite stiff to turn. Today I decided to strip and rebuild the headset (a recent Hope model), as I have done before, but after I had removed the stem, the fork simply wouldn't budge. Eventually, after recruiting another person (so that's two people hitting it with hammers), I managed to get it so that the top of the steerer tube is parallel to the top of the headset. I can now lift the steerer tube up in the head tube, revealing that the problem is that the spacer/seal jobby that is supposed to simply slide on and off is stuck fast(I can't get a photo of my actual headset onto here, but the item in question is number 7 on hopes diagram). The steerer tube is aluminium so I don't see how it could have seized. The only other thing that I can think of is that the steerer tube could be mis-shapen, but this seems unlikely as it was VERY hard to make it move, even where the stem isn't touching the steerer tube.
Does anybody have any idea what's wrong and/or how I should go about fixing it?
Thanks, Crash.
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Usually they just tap out, but sounds like a part of the headset has siezed to the steerer, probably part six.0
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Hmm, doesn't sound too good. Any ideas on how to fix it?0
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Thanks guys I'll try again tomorrow0
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Try some PlusGas or a drop of diesel fuel to free it off.0
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The tapered part tightens up against the steerer tube as you tighen the headset bolt, so maybe it was caused by over tightening in the first place, whack a sh*t load of WD40 on it and let it soak in for ten mins. maybe it'll shift then. Dont be too forcefull with it though, you dont wanna damage it.http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=12851595
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