I got some play today

Triathlon Forum
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…in my headset (I think).

During my ride this afternoon, I noticed my fork has developed 1-2mm of play in it that wasn’t there before. Its definitely noticeable during breaking. I came home and checked everything I could (top cap, stem, etc) and everything is torqued to spec. Is this due to a lose starnut (I don’t have a starnut tool)? I looked through the Cane Creek manual, but that didn’t help much.

Info: '09 P2 with the standard integrated Cane Creek headset.

Thanks for any help.

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Loosen the stem up, retorque the topcap, retorque the stem and you’ll be good.

The topcap is functionally unloaded once you’ve tightened down the stem–it’ll give you spurious readings.

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I had the same thing happen to me on Sunday (Also a 2009 P2). Took it to my LBS and the wrench simply tightended down on my stem…

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Interesting I have been noticing this lately as well, same deal 09 P2
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Ahh, that fixed it. I was torquing things down in the wrong order. Thanks for the help.