Originally Posted by
maddog34
interesting... not one mention in this thread of the TABBED WASHER or TABBED brake cable hanger.... they can and do negate the need to use a hooked spanner on the top cup...or nut.. or whatever someone calls it.... the notched nut cup. Yah.. we'll call it that! It's the HoliDaze, anywayz.
hmmmmm... how odd... has the tab been wiped off the washer? happens way too often..... one headset features the tiny toothed terror, the multi position tabbed lockwasher... which also depends on a TAB into the slot on the Steerer tube........ shades of old ralieghs and french creations....and a day in the Vinegar bath.
It’s a “keyed washer”. No one has mentioned it because it doesn’t need mentioning. A keyed wash does not negate the use of a hooked spanner on the lower nut. That nut has to be tightened against the top cup of the headset
and against the headset nut. Every threaded headset has some kind of keyed washer between the top nut and the top race but both need to be tightened against each other. The nut is turned against the lower race or lower nut while that lower nut is held steady.