Problems fitting Hope Headset to Specialized Epic

tightbarsteward

Installed the cups which me & my mate were a bit nervous about but seemed to go in nice & straight. The insructions state that the top of the stem should be 3mm above the top of the steerer which it is & the hed lock thingy installed 10mm below top of steerer. The headset comes with 3 0.4mm shims but the instructions show only 1 being used. We used 1 as using more seems to create more of a gap between cup & the headset.

On tightening the top bolt tho there is too much play. It's moving quite a lot & we just cant figure out why :x :x :x

Anyone any ideas/suggestions?

stevieboy

All 3 shims should be used I believe

nicklouse

did you fit the crown race to the fork?

the shim goes on top of the top wedge and below the top cover.

nicklouse

tightbarsteward

nicklouse wrote:

did you fit the crown race to the fork?

the shim goes on top of the top wedge and below the top cover.

Yeah the crown race is on the fork & 1 shim is on the top of the top wedge & below the top cover.

nicklouse

Ok must be top cap bottoming out on the steerer. add more steerer spacers.

tightbarsteward

nicklouse wrote:

Ok must be top cap bottoming out on the steerer. add more steerer spacers.

Cheers I'll give that whirl tomorrow. Need to sort it so we can hit the Garburn Pass at the weekend! I love living in the lakes!!!!

tightbarsteward

stevieboy wrote:

All 3 shims should be used I believe

You were right. All the shims went in & it was working as it should.

Cheers

nicklouse

so it did not turn before?

tightbarsteward

No the bars turned ok. When the brake was held & the bike rocked back & forth there was a significant amount of play. My mate put the all the shims on now he says it's fine & working well.

adb1006

Strange - i only used one shim in mine and it worked fine.

stevieboy

tightbarsteward wrote:

stevieboy wrote:

All 3 shims should be used I believe

You were right. All the shims went in & it was working as it should.

Cheers

Glad you got it sorted