Caged BB question

The Big Cheese

Daft question, but I get stuck on this ALL the time, being used to cartridge bearings in headsets, I have forgotten the 'way up' the loose caged BBs

FSA PIG headset

Right, working up from Bottom to top (cups are in frame)

Crown race

Bearings (bearing side down, mating the race, and the ''flat' part of the cage into the cups

Cup

Top Cup

Bearing cage in, again as before, the bearings rolling on the upper race... and the 'flat' part in the cup

Is this correct?

Thanks

supersonic

Tis on Park tools ;-)

But I would split the cages, and add more balls. Fill the cup up full and take two balls out. Your headset will last a lot longer and take more load.

The Big Cheese

supersonic wrote:

Tis on Park tools ;-)

But I would split the cages, and add more balls. Fill the cup up full and take two balls out. Your headset will last a lot longer and take more load.

I looked and couldn't see from the images what were what lol

Yeah, I have head 'bout that method, really makes things better eh?

supersonic

It does. The cages can distort, and rust easily. More greasy balls is what you need!

nicklouse

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http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=65

The Big Cheese

I honestly did look, I did I did... :oops:

That's how I had them anyhow, thought as much but just looked a bit odd (slight gap between top race and cup (about 1mm) - checked my other PIG headset and it was the same!

Thanks anyways!