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**HELP** Headset and Tange Forks Steering Problem!!

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MartyC:

--- Quote from: d14vd_h on October 08, 2006, 09:35 PM ---na its just a standard tioga headset,
thew problem is that the tange threaded area is shorter than the standard burner forks,

my solution seems to be working so far so good, i was just wondering if you guys could think of an alternative solution or could think of a reason my solution would fail!

i think long term wise the best thing to do is grind off a 1/4'' from the bottom of the headtube on the frame.

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I wouldn't grind the frame as you will change the headtube angle making the bike twitchy to ride.  Are the cups pressed into the frame fully and is the bottom race on the forks properly seated on the crown?  What headset did you have on it before and how does that match up to the new one in terms of depth of the cups.  The other alternative is to get new forks, not cheap but better than it all giving way and causing you to stack/faceplant big stylie  :daumenhoch:

d14vd_h:
yeah cups and race as far in as possible,
my hatta headset on another bike looks slimmer than the tioga headset so that may be an option,

this was a new build so the tange arx forks were NOS never had a headset and also means that its gutting if i have to ditch them!
but yeah defo better than having a new chin!

another bit of info is that the headtube on an aero pro from which the forks are from is shorter than a normal mk2 burner frame

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