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Title: Very curious
Post by: dannywhiteley on January 04, 2010, 10:07 PM

My rebel race frame and forks has a very curious feature that ive not seen before.  Basically the forks thread doesnt have the little groove to allow a headset lock ring to fit on.  Anyone seen this before on any other type of frames?

Result is the headset wont tighten up properly as I cant get the notched ring to fit on underneath the locknut.

Title: Re: Very curious
Post by: dordymush on January 04, 2010, 10:16 PM

cant ya grind it off

Title: Re: Very curious
Post by: mamadirt on January 04, 2010, 10:32 PM

Had a similar problem when restoring an old Orange Clockwork mtb.  Needed the fork steerer thread extending as my small frame only had a very short headtube, consequently the threads needed to extend further down the steerer than the groove.  I just replaced the notched washer with a plain one and once the headset was adjusted correctly it was fine.

Title: Re: Very curious
Post by: CD17 on January 05, 2010, 01:09 PM

Unless your going to ride it I would do as Dordy says & grind that piece off the headset lockring  :)

& no I have never seen that before  :-\

Title: Re: Very curious
Post by: Bigfrawg on January 05, 2010, 02:36 PM

i've had that trouble before , on what i cant remember but i just filed off the locking ring  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Very curious
Post by: dannywhiteley on January 05, 2010, 02:53 PM

That will be the plan...

Its not going to be ridden anyway, so wont be a problem. :daumenhoch: