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• Headset/tube issues

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• Headset/tube issues

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 11 months

  

  Right,
  Couldn't be arsed to get someone to look at it so shimmed both cups and the fork crown race with Guinness (ummm) cans.
  Everything seemed ok for a while but now the nuts keep working loose, and when tightening the lock nut when the adjusting nut is tight enough it seems to slip the thread.
  Thinking about getting the Chris King Grip Nut headset from aspire velotech in the US. Anyone delt with them or used a grip nut.

• Headset/tube issues

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 11 months

  

  Thanks all. I think I need to get someone to look at it but feel a bit better as no one has mentioned about having to get the head tube replaced as I was thinking this might be the only option.

• Headset/tube issues

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 11 months

  

  sorry broken didn't read everything clearly. its a threaded headset

• Headset/tube issues

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 11 months

  

  Thanks for all the advice. I will try to get some pictures tynan but it's a shimano 600 if that makes things clearer.

• Headset/tube issues

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 11 months

  

  thanks asm, will try and get down there in the week.

• Headset/tube issues

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 11 months

  

  Thanks Broken thats a masive help. Will try to get to brixton but its a bit out of my area. what do you think of the guys at brick lane or mosqito (near my house) or cavendish (near work) think they could help? Also what happend to your warsaw friends bikes? the shim has to be better than gluing. Also theres a guy on E-bay selling a condor with the headset glued in with epoxy!! rather not do that.

• Headset/tube issues

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 11 months

  

  I have floated around for a while and now have an excuse to say Hi as I have some problems with my 2nd hand track bike. Anyway I took my headset appart to clean it and get the expetience of doing this, but when taking it appart the bits that fit into the head tube just came out as well as the rest. As far as I know this isn's right. I suspect a crash and stretched head tube. I was thinking of getting some very thin metal sheet to make a shim to get the headset to fit again and was wondering if this is just a crap idea and if so why. Or if not if anyone knows of a suplier of very thin sheet metal. Or if I have to get a new head tube if anyone knows of a reasonable frame repairer. Thanks guys.
  If this sounds garbled sorry im a bit drunk.