[.Pit Steelers.]

Well i got a bit of a problem, iv'e got the entire thing in but when i tighten the heacap on the stem the fork comes to the point where it wont turn. Whats going on

 

[fiddy_ryder]

um dont tighten it so much..??

 

[.Pit Steelers.]

if i dont tighten it to much the sterr tube moves are inside the headtube. If i tighten it to much it dosnt move and there is no such thing as in them middle..or mabey cause iv'e got a race on my fork and the bike that i bought didnt come with it. Are you spoused to use a race on it

 

[Bicyclist]

Um, you're not adjusting your headset right.

www.sheldonbrown.com should have detailed instructions.

Or, you have a seal flipped around.

 

[Stoked]

did you have a reg press fit hs previously on the bike?

you need to use the race that came with the integrated hs

 

[fiddy_ryder]

yeah sounds like possibly the wrong race...

 

[jrfor0]

take it to your LBS

 

[jrfor0]

i have been thinking about it and i might have an answer for you. the top dust cap that goes on over the top race might be hitting the frame. there are very thin tiny spacers that most shops have that fine tunes the distance so that the dust cap is as close to the frame as possible but still far enough that it doesn't rub the frame and cause the fork to not spin.

 

[-dustin]

when i was running an IS-2 with the e13 reducers, i got rid of the upper dust cap and replaced it with a 5mm spacer. worked wonders.

 

[.Pit Steelers.]

Went to my lbs, wrong race...