Squeaky headset. HELP!

Posted on Wed 5th, December 2012

• #1

law

Arrrrrgh!
Can anyone advise me on this.

I have a new hidden headset fitted to my bike and it squeaks like mad.
I can hear it vibrating through the frame as I hold the bike and turn the bars from side to side.
As far as I know a squeaking headset means it's done up too tight.
But if I loosen the top nut by even an 8th of a turn the headset has movement at the top.
I've got a frame machined to fit a campag style hidden headset 45/45.
Has anyone else been stumped by this?
I have had a quick search via the search function and can't find anything similar.
• #2

Malaconotus

Is it assembled correctly? Saw this on a bike where the upper bearing was the wrong way up. Came like that from the manufacturer.
• #3

law

Everything looked fine.
But I thought whilst it was disassembled I'd swap the top and bottom races over and hey presto, fixo!

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