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Sunline Headset Question...
Gap between the thingy and the other bit
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Black Heart Billy
05/11/09 14:07
I've installed my headset...and by god I tried tightening it...I ripped out a star fangled nut trying to tighten it.

Anyway I can't get these gaps any smaller...and I'me worried about crap getting in.

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs116.snc3/16346_172179737029_632427029_3237046_5732155_n.jpg

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XCman [ KB ] With Altitude
05/11/09 14:39

Dont think there shoul be a gap, does the top cover fit flush without the bearing in?

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Black Heart Billy
05/11/09 14:49
It all fits flush without the bearings in, the bearings fit into the cups tight...I mean really tight.

Then there is a parallel spacer which fits between the steerer tube and the bearings and that was stupid tight! I took a file to get them to even get to work and then a hammer to push the steerer through.

Because both the top cap and the crown race thing move I expect a certain gap but that just seems too much gap.

http://www.sixsixone.com/media/sunlinecycling/HeadsetInstall.pdf

That's the destructions but they don't show a 'how it should look' at the end....I knew I should have forked the extra £30 for a hope :-/
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Dan : /
05/11/09 14:59

Relax BHB

Mine's exactly like that.. there's supposed to be a gap, I don't know why but there just is.

 I too spent ages tightening my headset and then realised that the bars didn't turn and there was still a gap

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Black Heart Billy
05/11/09 15:00
Phew...

So how does it fare in the really gloopy stuff?

With a gap like that it looks like it would get mullered with just a heavy handed hosepipe!
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Dan : /
05/11/09 15:08
Yeah I thought exactly that BHB but I can't say I've had any problems at all.. feels fine at the moment (have had it on since March /  April ish).
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Black Heart Billy
05/11/09 15:22
Cheers Dan, now I can go riding...I'm still wary though.

Might cut a strip of inner tube and cover the gap though.
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XCman [ KB ] With Altitude
05/11/09 15:46
Just bob a large o ring in.
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Black Heart Billy
05/11/09 15:57
Tried that...but because the two components move the o-ring gets twisted and rucked up
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Dan : /
05/11/09 16:01
the thing is BHB -  if you stick a bit of inner tube over it you could end up trapping moisture in there ... bit like wot the sealskinz shock covers do
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nick howell
06/11/09 22:17

BHB, I suggest rolling your rubber on for the ride, then rolling it off afterwards to let the wet out.

And don't forget to use lubricant, or it will tend to bend off to one side if you let go with both hands.

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Black Heart Billy
07/11/09 17:00

BHB, I suggest rolling your rubber on for the ride, then rolling it off afterwards to let the wet out.

Exactly what I was thinking!

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