i replaced the bottom pressed cup, and put it all back together, the forks are still pulled out of alignment when it gets screwed down, i ended up backing the screw nut off half a turn to clear it from binding. i now have a very slight knock/wobble in the headset but it rides nice, i can ride with no hands and i can take corners without having the steering stay locked up. so i guess its a trade off? i'm sure i'll have issues down the road, but with the weather turning ill probably just shut up and ride like shoota said.

one thing i definitely need is new brake pads, those old crusty dia compe pads are shot. i usually can bring old ones back to life with a little bit of sand paper but these were worn way down. i ended up colliding into the back of my car because i couldn't top in time...i had my hand on the rear brake but couldn't reach the front in time.. haha.. no damage to either vehicle, just my pride.. as every one of my neighbors was outside and i'm sure they saw me.. lol