Ok when ever I turn my bars even if im not sitting on my bike I hear a whole bunch of little creaks from the headset. I think i may have gotten dirt in it but its just a little Aheadset and I've been reallly hard on my bike. Do I need a new headset.
When do I Need a New Headset
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oooo, creaking is never good. heres hoping you didnt ovalize your head tube.
well thanx for wishing me well but how could I check if its ovalized. Ive never really screwed up anything besides components.
you should get a new headset anyways, and the shop will tell you when they put it in, or try to do so.DROP said:
You'll know it's ovalized if you can turn the cups themselves in the headtube by hand. If you can't, it's fine it just needs a regrease or, at worst, new bearings.
First give it a good cleaning and repack it with heavy grease. If you can, pull the seals from the bearings (usually a very small flathead screwdriver works) and make sure they get cleaned and repacked. If that doesn't do it, buy new bearings either from the manufacturer or from a bearing supply (assuming it's a cartridge-style headset). You may have to have a shop press out the old ones and press in the new ones.
First give it a good cleaning and repack it with heavy grease. If you can, pull the seals from the bearings (usually a very small flathead screwdriver works) and make sure they get cleaned and repacked. If that doesn't do it, buy new bearings either from the manufacturer or from a bearing supply (assuming it's a cartridge-style headset). You may have to have a shop press out the old ones and press in the new ones.
thanx like i said its just a crappy a headset I doubt it uses cartridge style bearings.
get an fsa pig, strong, and not too pricey
If its Aheadset you need a new one. 
Go FSA Pig DH Pro best bang for the buck
Go FSA Pig DH Pro best bang for the buck
I thought that too, until in whistler we spent 30 minutes figuring out why my friends FSA pig wasn't working- my king we got together in about 5 seconds.Changleen said: