How to tighten this kind of headset?? SPecial tools??
05-20-07, 03:45 PM
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How to tighten this kind of headset?? SPecial tools??
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hey i got this headset on my bike, it always come loss as I ride them. Is it a tools to tight it as hard as possible???
Cheer,
Dub.
hey i got this headset on my bike, it always come loss as I ride them. Is it a tools to tight it as hard as possible???
Cheer,
Dub.
05-20-07, 04:01 PM
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a big wrench?
05-20-07, 04:16 PM
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yeah
that mother is PROPRIETARY when it comes to adjusting. That is the old AX or EX-style Shimano headset from the 1900s!
haha
supposedly you can use a 32mm headset wrench BUT YOU MUST GO SLOW as you might ovalize the topnut.
that mother is PROPRIETARY when it comes to adjusting. That is the old AX or EX-style Shimano headset from the 1900s!
haha
supposedly you can use a 32mm headset wrench BUT YOU MUST GO SLOW as you might ovalize the topnut.
05-20-07, 04:20 PM
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There is a starfish-specific wrench, but you can get away with a regular wrench on those. Pitboss, do you mean actually ovalize, or just round off?
05-20-07, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by BostonFixed
Vise-grip pliers. 
F that, pin spanner and C-clamp. If we're going to be ghetto, let's be creative about it!
05-20-07, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by vee_dub
big wrench?? if only its that eazy tho. if u look closely its wonky.
whoops, yeah. just like the poster before me...oops.
05-20-07, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by roughrider504
Its NJS, it should tighten itself gosh.
05-20-07, 08:08 PM
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I have a bike with a shimano 600 headset that looks like the same setup. I was just really gentle with big pliers (wrapped the whole thing in rags to minimize scratching). Stupid shimano and their stupid pointlessly proprietary 80s designs.
05-20-07, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pitboss
yeah
that mother is PROPRIETARY when it comes to adjusting. That is the old AX or EX-style Shimano headset from the 1900s!
haha
supposedly you can use a 32mm headset wrench BUT YOU MUST GO SLOW as you might ovalize the topnut.
that mother is PROPRIETARY when it comes to adjusting. That is the old AX or EX-style Shimano headset from the 1900s!
haha
supposedly you can use a 32mm headset wrench BUT YOU MUST GO SLOW as you might ovalize the topnut.
05-21-07, 03:03 PM
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Yep, there's a special tool. You need 2 of them, of course. Sorry, I can't loan you mine.
I just looked and there's no Shimano part number on it.
+1 to the "rag wrap" idea.
I just looked and there's no Shimano part number on it.
+1 to the "rag wrap" idea.
05-21-07, 03:31 PM
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ain't that thing meant only for the track?
05-21-07, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by kaiju-velo
ain't that thing meant only for the track?
05-21-07, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by kaiju-velo
ain't that thing meant only for the track?
The D-A one maybe, but there are way more of the 600's out there. What the heck would be track-specific about a headset anyway?
05-21-07, 07:18 PM
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you can use 2 standard 32mm headset wrenches to adjust it. just dont be ham-fisted and you'll be fine.
05-21-07, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Landgolier
The D-A one maybe, but there are way more of the 600's out there. What the heck would be track-specific about a headset anyway?
i'm not sure if this is true, and if it is, i don't know why.
anybody?
