Originally Posted by
Plainsman
okay, thanks, so that being the case. Any thoughts on why I can’t get the headset to load enough to take out headset play (or even load enough to cause the steering to slightly bind?) The play I’m trying to take out is pretty mild, not super sloppy, but tightening the top bolt to any degree seems to have almost zero impact.
As previously stated, the steerer is likely too long compared to the stem and spacer stack, so it bottoms out on the plug instead of putting pressure on the spacers and bearings