Hi all,

I am replacing the old, dorky centre-pulls on my old roadbike with new DP side-pulls. One of the things I need to remove is the housing-stop which is sort of integrated as a washer in the threaded headset.

Now do I need to find a replacement washer? Does this act as the locking washer? or can I get by without it.

I realize I could just actually take it apart and see, but I won't have time to work on my bike for a few weeks and I'd like to know ahead of time if I need to get any parts.