Monday, November 5, 2018
Seating the Bottom Race of the Headset Assembly to the fork and installing the two headset races in the head tube (1970's Teledyne)
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| Used a pipe (blue -- it's the handle for my floor jack...) to press the bottom headset race to seat at the bottom of the fork's upper shaft |
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| The pipe pushed on the metal race (not on the rubber seal at the edge of the race) |
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| The race was pushed down until there was no gap at the bottom (before I started, there was about a 5 mm gap). The amount of force required was pretty low. I just lightly "hammered" the fork down into the blue pipe repeatedly to slowly move the bottom race along the upper shaft of the fork... |
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| Used a large socket and a hammer to "press" the bottom headset bearing race into the head tube. It's a slight interference fit so it doesn't take too much force to "press" it in. |
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| Installed the top bearing race the same was at the bottom one. |
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| Now it's ready for assembly with the fork, bearings, top race, cap, washer and top lock nut. |
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| Bottom Bearing greased and installed with fork |
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| Top bearing balls installed |
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| Lots of grease for the top bearing |
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| Top bearing upper race cap (with hex), washer & top nut installed. I think there's supposed to be a rubber piece that goes between the upper & lower bearing races (like the bottom bearing assembly). Need to find the Campagnolo rubber piece... Could be a needle in a haystack search... But, basically ready for the goose neck/handle bars. |
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