headset help again

[weston]

i bought a 1" threaded headset for my old school build, when ive fit it on theres a small gap where the locknut cant reach the tightener, will putting a gyro on solve this gap problem??

[oberonspacefruit]

probably. or a 1" washer. which i have got if u need it.

[Rombloke]

probably. or a 1" washer. which i have got if u need it.

when phil says 1" washer he doesnt mean  1" high....


just in case


Dave

[oberonspacefruit]

hmm.........is my one inch high washer no good then?

[Rombloke]

not if you want your stem not to snap.....which is why in my opinion, you shouldnt fit rotors to 1'' forks.....stems get snaptasticly high when they are installed

Dave

[oberonspacefruit]

snaptastic. nice.

[theRuler]

you could file down the top few threads off your forks

do this with the big threaded headset bit screwed down - then you can wind it up to clean the threads

[dordymush]

the diamond back ones you get from halfords all seem to do this.i took a couple of threads off the forks with an axe saw. seems to have done the job  .

[motomagII]

axe saw fork chopping sounds good .small washer or 2 is my usual route though .

[Rombloke]

i do hope that this is a typo and you fellas mean hack saw.....wtf is an axe saw

lol

Dave

[motomagII]

axe on forks would be funny lol

[theRuler]

yep use an axe

[fLA]

I have a Gyro.. and it won t work properly too.
(I can t fit it properly)

does someone have pictures from a Gyro system fitted, just to see the height of the stem, and if I have to put some "washers" in the headset?

regards,

fLAVIO