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paulbiche
hello @mdcc_tester,
I purchased a new 1" threaded fork recently and just noticed that the fork crown (headset is ck gripnut) is going down all the way without the need to be pressed. I don't think the gap is very big, I though I could try inserting a kind of shim made of aluminium can for example between fork crown inner diameter and fork steerer diameter just to get it to sit correctly ; I think once the headset will be properly set-up this could work. any thoughts on this? would you recommend another method? I have seen that Sheldon recommend making dents on the fork crown with a centerpunch but I do not have the proper tooling to do it. Thank you in advance!
EDIT: I might as well try to do it more properly with this
https://www.avt.bike/chris-king-baseplate-crown-race-stainless-steel-1-inch-brbundersized-01mmb.html