Originally Posted by
grumpus
Hopefully the bearings are in the right way around. I somehow managed to fit a headset bearing upside down a while back, and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. It was a while before the penny dropped; I replaced the now-mangled ball cage with loose balls.
I’m actually using loose bearings but yeah, I’ve made that mistake before with the cages 😅 For some reason it took me a really long time to understand how the cup/cone works but once I understood it I at least know which way I’m supposed to put the cages. I still sometimes mess it up though