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12-11-14 | 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Barchettaman

Evening folks,

Is there a quick fix for this problem?

The steering wants to stay centered, I would imagine as a result of one of the headset cups having a depression in the bearing race. It´s pretty bad.

Maybe I could try popping out the headset cups and repressing them 90° to their current position?

Or take out one of the ball bearings (assuming they´re loose, I haven´t opened it up yet)?

Headset is 1" Shimano 105 threaded, steel racing frame.

You should start with seeing what the problem is first. Open up the headset and look inside. I suspect that your bearings are caged and you have some denting of the lower cup (you seem to suspect the same thing). If the bearings are caged, change to loose ones. If they are loose, change to caged. That should solve the problem.

You may, however, need a new headset.

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