Headache of the day: Integrated Crown Race Bearing Issue

Hey Everyone,

Thought i'd be clever and pick up a new fork for my cross bike off the Wiggle ebay page.

Thought i'd got myself a bargain however realised the fork as an integrated crown race that has a different bearing angle to the bearings in the headset.

Currently the bearing angle of the fork is 36 and the bearings 45.

Can I make this work by just replacing the headset bearings?

Is this a terrible idea that will affect handling of the bike etc?

This really melts my mind trying to work it out so if anyone can point me in the direction of an alternative bearing that would work i'd be grateful.

For reference the frame is a Terra X and this is the bearings that fit the frame.
https://www.condorcycles.com/products/condor-headset-bearings?variant=11177610631

If it were me, and with knowledge of bearings, I would just change the bottom bearing to that has a 36 degree chamfer on the inner race. Quick google says you can. My last call to Condor got me the wrong information and glad I checked here before cycling down to buy the headset.

Also note the photos on condor site are generic and may not show the right product.

Hey @Overuser155208 cheers for the info been hunting for a bearing with the 36deg chamfer however can only seem to fi d the size i need in 45x45. Sounding like its easier to shift the forks and replacing with ones without the intergrated crown race.

Am on the morphine at the mo, but is there any reason that you can 45 degree fork crown turned so the inside edge is 36deg and the outer is 45 so acts like a collet/shim between the two?

Have a search on here for a 36/45 bearing with the correct inner, outer and height dimensions

https://www.wychbearings.co.uk/headset_bearings.html

@benzo Have you found a solution yet?

Hey @Overuser155208 after a few days searching for a bearing that'd work, I fell for the easy option and ebayed the forks and replaced with a TRP CX fork that worked with the original bearings out of the box.