• Evening all. I've got a mild headset dilemma...

    The diy cargo frankenbike needed the front headset servicing and the bottom bearing cage had disintegrated. I bought what looked right, 5/32 bearing cages, however on fitting it has come up to small and allows play in the fork. I've looked online and it looks like a 3/16 might do the trick. Is this another size for 1 inch threaded headsets? I've no idea what the fraction is referring too and Sheldon hasn't helped...

  • I think I had a similar problem with an old Peugeot headset. I just took the bearings out of the cage, coated the race in grease and put them in loose with a couple extra to fill out the space from the missing cage. Now runs buttery smooth.

    Hope that's some kind of help.

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