Problems fitting an internal Headset?
namastebuzz
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I'm fitting this Cane Creek internal headset to a Trek 2000.
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/mtb-bmx-bike/bike-parts-Cane-Creek-Headset-45x45/CANEHSTR300
The old headset was a Bontrager one and the bearings just lifted out but the new bearings (although the angles are the same and it's a 1 1/8th) are too tight to go in.
I don't want to force them in so what gives? I thought these internal bearings were just meant to go straight in?
Put them in the freezer for now while I'm figuring it out.
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/mtb-bmx-bike/bike-parts-Cane-Creek-Headset-45x45/CANEHSTR300
The old headset was a Bontrager one and the bearings just lifted out but the new bearings (although the angles are the same and it's a 1 1/8th) are too tight to go in.
I don't want to force them in so what gives? I thought these internal bearings were just meant to go straight in?
Put them in the freezer for now while I'm figuring it out.
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Download the headset technical guide from the FSA website - it has all the key dimensions - some models vary as little as 0.2mm in bearing diameter which would probably explain the interference fit.Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
