Anyone know how to service a headset?
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Hammer and screwdriver, lodge against lip of cup inside frame and smack it one.....if it tilts, rotate the screwdriver round to level it up, simple, I have done 'more than a lot but less than a hundred' like that, no issue.Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0
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Kieran_Burns wrote:Is that you on the left?0
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So the star nut is buggered...
Anyone know how to fit one without buying the park tools thing?Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
Kieran_Burns wrote:So the star nut is buggered...
Anyone know how to fit one without buying the park tools thing?
They're designed to be non-removable, but you can just knock a new one down and push the old one further down.0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:So the star nut is buggered...
Anyone know how to fit one without buying the park tools thing?
They're designed to be non-removable, but you can just knock a new one down and push the old one further down.
It's a gift I have. Just accept I did it and move on...Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
Kieran_Burns wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:So the star nut is buggered...
Anyone know how to fit one without buying the park tools thing?
They're designed to be non-removable, but you can just knock a new one down and push the old one further down.
It's a gift I have. Just accept I did it and move on...0 -
Jesus H people think of the extra weight :shock:Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
itboffin wrote:Jesus H people think of the extra weight :shock:
That's the great thing about caged bearings. You can re-coup the weight gain by omitting alternate bearings from the cages.
As an aside, I once went to refit a bearing cage and discovered one bearing had escaped. Not having any spares I just left it out. Some time later I noticed a bearing in a crack in the floorboards in the toilet. After a few more months, I retrieved it and put the bearing back into the headset. How it got where it got, I will never know.....Faster than a tent.......0 -
Friendly LBS will fit a new one for meChunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
They must love you as a customer!
All this hassle and cost for the sake of a few balls that could have gone straight into the original cups!Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0 -
The Rookie wrote:They must love you as a customer!
All this hassle and cost for the sake of a few balls that could have gone straight into the original cups!
The top cage disintegrated when I took it out and the bottom one was barely viable. I prefer to have a long term solution and it's all a learning experienceChunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
Kieran_Burns wrote:The Rookie wrote:They must love you as a customer!
All this hassle and cost for the sake of a few balls that could have gone straight into the original cups!
The top cage disintegrated when I took it out and the bottom one was barely viable. I prefer to have a long term solution and it's all a learning experience
And what you've learned is to take headsets to the LBS?0 -
The cage can fall apart, you just replace it or use balls only as previously indicated.....it has ever been thus (Did my first headset on my Puch near enough 40 years ago - loose ball headsets haven't changed since they were first used over 100 years ago)Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0
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The Rookie wrote:The cage can fall apart, you just replace it or use balls only as previously indicated.....it has ever been thus (Did my first headset on my Puch near enough 40 years ago - loose ball headsets haven't changed since they were first used over 100 years ago)
Sealed bearings do make a lot more sense, so long as you get something that you can be sure of getting parts for down the line.0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:The Rookie wrote:They must love you as a customer!
All this hassle and cost for the sake of a few balls that could have gone straight into the original cups!
The top cage disintegrated when I took it out and the bottom one was barely viable. I prefer to have a long term solution and it's all a learning experience
And what you've learned is to take headsets to the LBS?
No, just the star nut. That's the only piece of work I'm getting them to do. I could buy the tool I guess but this gets it sorted properly.Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
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I was just thinking this is almost G66 level fettling, but with less ranting.0
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Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:There are people on here who would make their own ballbearings if they had a tower and a bucket, I swear.Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:The LBS exists for stuff like like. It's what it's there for. There's no shame in using it!FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees
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Hoi!
Is this the point I mention that I killed the old star nut by the judicious use of a 8mm masonary bit and a hammer? No? Okay I won't then.Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:If the ball cage has completely disintegrated, I'd be pretty sure that the races would be shot too. .
No shame in using the LBS from where the job started? I'd say yes there was, lots of it, more than you can cover with a cape!Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0