please help before i wrap this bike round a tree

[meticulous]

just swapped the headset on my 2007 loop quad for a new one as they was always play in the first one.
thought i would treat myself and bought a chris king one, well blow the trumpet and swallow the evidence, the same play with this new one, i cannot get the dam thing to tighten, i've tried all the obvious, knocking and banging, twisting and turning, what the fook am i doing wrong, i just dont have the patience, i'm gonna smash it up! i am! i'll do it! aghhhhhh! need some more of that dianabol! gimmi!

[Dingobmxer]

When all the headset parts/stem and any spacers are set up on the forks there should be a gap of about 4mm from the stem to fork top (forks finishing 4mm below stem) put the top cap on and tighten the top cap bolt first to pull everything together then tighten the stem
  DINGO

[meticulous]

tried that, put a spacer in below the stem, kept the stem loose as i tightened top cap.  smash! smash! smash!
 oh well! all too late now!

[Dingobmxer]

is the star washer inside the forks about 1/4" from the top?

if its right at the top it wont tighten up

  DINGO

[Bigfrawg]

just what i was about to say, i had the same trouble with both of mine. i just tapped the star thingy down a bit.

[meticulous]

i knocked it down so it was just on the bottom of the thread, so it was well down, though i will cheque in a bit. started to cool off now! phew!

[pickle]

have a look at this.....ignore the first bit but it then shows you how to set it all up correctly 

[Gary72]

not sure how chris kings work, but I had to replace my headset a few weeks back, because I had overtightened and killed the bearings

[pickle]

you can't get any netter than a Chris King!  fact!  once you've got it set up right, i bet you'll never need to touch it!  i had one on my MTB for 8 years and never needed to touch it once!

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Give me a bell this week/whenever,bring it here,I`ll fix it.......

[meticulous]

DUNIT! thanks guys! what was happening is the star thingy in side the forks was just slipping up,i.e. not gripping. so i took the shite chris king star thingy out and replaced with the one out of the old headset and bobs your uncle, problem solved, dont know why it wouldnt grip and it didnt stay around to find out, flung it down the street, just goes to show, cheap headsets are not always crap, lesson learnt

[Gary72]

I would have beat the star thingy with a hammer just for pure satisfaction 

[2unfit2ride]

Don't king headsets use a 'double' SFN?

I find it weird one of those slipped, you didn't get it off ebay from China did you???

[meticulous]

yes it was a double thingy, and got it from alans

[kdw712]

i had probs with the star nut on my CK

gonna get one of these

http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.php?prod=hsgu-h-lock&PHPSESSID=ro2dss4khqk211qp5ihoj0vof1