Originally Posted by
sreynolds1977
I posted a pic of the instructions, check out section 3-D, then look at Tange's drawing and tell me what's wrong. I installed the bearings with the retainers facing down.
Well, it appears you did as the instructions direct, but I don't think that's right.
The open mouths of the retainers should face "out," i.e., the lower one facing down and the upper one facing up. Toward the center of the frame head tube, where the bearings contact outer races (races=the cups pressed into the head tube), you should see an alternating pattern of bearing / retainer segment / bearing / retainer segment. Toward the inner races (the crown race on the fork, and the 1st "nut" to go over the steering column), you should see just balls, with the edge of the retainer around their outer circumference.