Originally Posted by eddiebrannan
my current headset set-up (temporary) is kind of odd. it's the sealed lowers from an aheadset with a 105 upper that's threaded to go with my fork. it's very difficult to get tight fore and aft without making it stiff to turn. i'm thinking there's no reason not to do this, is there? but also wondering if maybe there's something i don't know about that's causing it to give problems.
I assume you kept the bearing race from your old fork and put it on the new fork, and left the bottom cup/sealed bearing installed on your frame... so you just changed the upper part of your headset right?
In theory it should work. maybe the top bearing is bad... is it loose ball?