Originally Posted by
HillRider
The bearing goes into the top race in the orientation you have pictured. The "silver ring" is the conical centering bushing and it goes in on top of the bearing cartridge and flipped over from the way you show it. The top cover then goes on and presses down on the silver ring to keep the bearing and cap centered on the steerer.
Thanks man, appreciated. Went to look at it again, and I don't think the steerer was centered so I wasn't able to get the ring in far enough to have no gap with the dust cover. Got it to click in farther, and it went down fine.
Thanks!