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02-07-07, 09:13 PM
Hello
I was encouraged to post this here as someone might get some ideas from this or have some comments.
I recently came into possession of a beautiful 1940s Carlton track frame. The previous owner had a Brampton headset in there, but he took it with him when he sold me the frame. My campy headset practically fell in to the head tube (i could push it in with my bare hands), and when riding would rattle around. it was driving me insane, and really detracted from the solidity of the ride. After doing some research and talking to several people I devised the solution of putting thin layers of JB Weld inside of the head tube and then having it professionally reamed. I was then able to properly press the headset into the head tube properly and everything has been golden ever since!
cheers.
I was encouraged to post this here as someone might get some ideas from this or have some comments.
I recently came into possession of a beautiful 1940s Carlton track frame. The previous owner had a Brampton headset in there, but he took it with him when he sold me the frame. My campy headset practically fell in to the head tube (i could push it in with my bare hands), and when riding would rattle around. it was driving me insane, and really detracted from the solidity of the ride. After doing some research and talking to several people I devised the solution of putting thin layers of JB Weld inside of the head tube and then having it professionally reamed. I was then able to properly press the headset into the head tube properly and everything has been golden ever since!
cheers.