Your crown race needs to be seated correctly on the crown fork.As you have mentioned your probably gunna have to remove some of that paint and then gently tap the crown race into place.
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Your crown race needs to be seated correctly on the crown fork.As you have mentioned your probably gunna have to remove some of that paint and then gently tap the crown race into place.