Can anyone anwser a question. I'm going to fit a set of Marzocchi Forks - Suspension MZ Comp 2008 to tide me over for a while. I have a Cane Creek Tank II Silver 1.1/8" A-Headset. The fork steerer looks tapered at the base. Can anyoone confirm they'll fit before i commit to fitting the.

John Gourette wrote (see)

Fit the crown race first. Yup it'll fit.

Find a pipe that's a tad bigger than the steerer and use that to bash on. It shouldn't go tight until there are only 5mm to go. Take it to a bike shop if in doubt, they'll have the correct tool and won't charge much as it will only take them 30 seconds.

Are you sure you haven't got the top race and crown race mixed up? The top race has a smaller hole and may be split, or have a split cone shaped thing in it.

Use a piece of 30 mm plastic sink/bath waste pipe it is exactly the right diameter pop down local BandQ its only a couple of quid for 2 metres

Tank headsets are Cane Creek's version of the FSA Pig. They have 1/4" bearings in the bottom, and 5/32 in the top. It's difficult to confuse the races, as the bottom one is so much bigger on the bearing surface contact area.

The race or steerer may be damaged, or on such a basic fork, the taper may be longer.

I have a tank headset, the most basic one, which has 3/16" bearings top and bottom, thought some of the ones above may have had cartridge. (there are three tank headsets iirc)

I only bought mine (£10) for using for fitting a 1 1/8" fork into a 1" frame, the original headset having 1/4" balls, so changing to 3/16" run in the original cups gives the required extra 1/8" for the 1 1/8" crown/upper race(s) tha sees. Not that you need to know this of course!