Originally Posted by
Ebuzz
Thank you both. I figured that something was wrong when I took it apart. The bike is an older steel Ciocc to which I added a carbon fork. I think it's a 1" fork. I'm very surprised that this LBS would have screwed this up so badly. Is it possible that a shim or spacer of some sort fell out and I didnt notice it or is the stem supposed to fit snugly and no spacer of any sort is proper?
The stem
is supposed to be a snug fit, usually direct - but there
are 1"-to-1 1/8" shims - which'd make sense as 1 1/8" stems are far more common than 1" (threadless) stems. And apart from losing a few style points, there's nothing dangerous or wrong about using them.