TriRig wrote:
Tsunami wrote:
Now that the bars have been changed the front end is terribly floppy, and the edge of the TriRig brake *slams* into my downtube and has unfortunately already chipped my new paint job. This can't continue.That may simply be a difference in how your headset was preloaded. If it was stiffer before, the preload was probably causing drag in the bearings. You could tighten the preload to get closer to that, at the potential expense of shorter bearing life.
Here's my confusion. We couldn't use my original headset expansion bolt assembly (see p16 in this pdf), so this one has been installed instead (https://d1vfu4m1fkicia.cloudfront.net/...tW/FSPXFBUMK2_P1.jpg)
We didn't know how stable the aero stem cap would be to tightening down on that for a preload (it's carbon, right? not aluminum?). The mechanic grabbed another cap to use to pre-load, then tightened the stem bolts, then changed out that temp cap for the aero one. But I didn't get given the cap he used to do the preload and I can't use the Slice original one b/c if I grab the cone spacer to make the cap be high enough to not hit the top of the now used headset, the bolt I have isn't long enough to engage the expansion bolt.
Go easy on me, I'm a little out of my element here. Is there some other way to set the preload? Do I just need to get the cap that maybe came with this headset?
Advice? Thanks!!
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