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Sounds like you might be missing a piece or something.
Can you post a photo showing a sort of 'exploded' view?
M_V-
Unfortunately I have re-assembled it without taking a picture.
However what I have is:
At the bottom - just the bearing; the shells are integrated to the fork/head tube
At the top (reading up)
- bearing
- Split ring thing
- 46x4 low stack headset cover (from gbj_tester)
Above that I have a steerer tube spacer; then the stem; then another spacer; then the top cap.
- bearing
tertius
You are right I took it all apart this morning, and its a sort of tapered split ring to locate the stem in the bearing.
Having cleaned everything thoroughly, re-greased and re-assembled I'm still really struggling to tension the headset in such a way that the forks don't move under braking but not so tight that the steering is binding. Any tips from anyone?