Originally Posted by
FBinNY
+1, between you and Jive Turkey you have it.
There's no reason to worry about the holding the wheel and fork while working on the floor since gravity will keep it all together. When tightening the topcap to adjust the headset, taker up all the slack then add pressure about 1/8th turn at a time until there's zero detectable play with your fingers at the bottom of the lower bearing, then add maybe 1/16th turn to ensure that the headset is tight.
Finish by aligning the stem and tighten the stem bolts and check that the steering is free through the range.
Hmm what lower bearing are you talking about? Are you talking about that big cap right at the top of the headtube? I just did it, but I'm not sure if I have everything secured and properly put back together...
Also at first I accidentally tightened instead of loosening the clamp bolts of the stem around the carbon steerer... I didn't hear any loud noises so I don't think I cracked it. But there is a bit of a mark shaped like the space between the clamp bolts on the steer tube... hopefully that was just an imprint from the original installation...