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Old 05-27-13, 05:54 PM
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gruppo
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File or grind the outer edge of the top of the steerer tube a bit, and put some lube on the "o" ring inside the cap. Then carefully work the cap down the steerer tube - don't use a punch (Jeez, it's a quality component). I have sometimes with King headsets used a crown race setting tool and Park crown race installation tool to work the cap down. The issue is the King headset is built to greater tolerances than most steerer tubes. I just installed one on a Soma Smoothie Stainless Steel frame with a Ritchey fork and had to perform quite a bit of prep work on both the headtube and fork steerer to obtain a proper result.

PS: The star nut looks crooked in the steerer tube which will cause other problems with the headset/top cap/adjustment.
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