Headset trouble

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Gents,
I went to fit the headset to my Proclass Cruiser today and noticed the bearing track(washer thing) that goes onto the bottom of the forks for the bearings to sit on is too big for my forks,tried another just incase i had a dodgy headset,but its the same,the rest of the headset fits fine(nut, washer, lock nut,bearing cups etc etc)

Do I need a special one? if so does anybody have an old one or point me in the right place to get one.

Thanks Mark 

[MartyC]

You need to shim it out, a strip of electrical tape might be enough or perhaps trim a piece of thin tin and wrap it round the forks and then put the fork race on 

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You need to shim it out, a strip of electrical tape might be enough or perhaps trim a piece of thin tin and wrap it round the forks and then put the fork race on 

Thats going to be a lot of shim. My forks don't have that lip on the steerer tube it normally sits on so they are an 1" all the way down.

Thanks Mark

[MartyC]

Might be worth going to an engineering shop to see if they could make a shim up on a lathe if needs to be that think  .

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Might be worth going to an engineering shop to see if they could make a shim up on a lathe if needs to be that think  .

I'll turn one up when i'm on nights next week