Very curious

[dannywhiteley]

My rebel race frame and forks has a very curious feature that ive not seen before.  Basically the forks thread doesnt have the little groove to allow a headset lock ring to fit on.  Anyone seen this before on any other type of frames?

Result is the headset wont tighten up properly as I cant get the notched ring to fit on underneath the locknut.

[dordymush]

cant ya grind it off

[mamadirt]

Had a similar problem when restoring an old Orange Clockwork mtb.  Needed the fork steerer thread extending as my small frame only had a very short headtube, consequently the threads needed to extend further down the steerer than the groove.  I just replaced the notched washer with a plain one and once the headset was adjusted correctly it was fine.

[CD17]

Unless your going to ride it I would do as Dordy says & grind that piece off the headset lockring 

& no I have never seen that before 

[Bigfrawg]

i've had that trouble before , on what i cant remember but i just filed off the locking ring 

[dannywhiteley]

That will be the plan...

Its not going to be ridden anyway, so wont be a problem.