crown race spins?
08-21-07, 11:15 AM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Raleigh NC
Posts: 1,020
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
crown race spins?
Hey folks,
Ive got an 82' Schwinn Voyageur S/P that ive been slowly getting back into ridable condition. I just pulled the fork off, to re-pack the headset (does not look like it has been touched in 20+ years. Im pretty sure that it is the original headset. now, when the crown race is fully seated on the fork crown, I can rotate it with my hand. I tried installing a different crown race from another 1" headset, (just to see if it would work) but it was way too large. Is there any way I can seat this original crown race, and make it fit? I really dont want to trash this fork, as it matches the bike nicely.
Thanks for the help
FF
Ive got an 82' Schwinn Voyageur S/P that ive been slowly getting back into ridable condition. I just pulled the fork off, to re-pack the headset (does not look like it has been touched in 20+ years. Im pretty sure that it is the original headset. now, when the crown race is fully seated on the fork crown, I can rotate it with my hand. I tried installing a different crown race from another 1" headset, (just to see if it would work) but it was way too large. Is there any way I can seat this original crown race, and make it fit? I really dont want to trash this fork, as it matches the bike nicely.
Thanks for the help
FF
08-21-07, 11:19 AM
#2
Old biker
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Radium Springs, NM
Posts: 252
Bikes: Custom Cammack touring road and 1987 Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Since you are probably never going to have to replace that race I would simply JB Weld it in place and enjoy riding it. If you ever do need to replace it a couple of good smacks with a crown race fork should jar it loose.
08-21-07, 11:21 AM
#3
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Raleigh NC
Posts: 1,020
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
thats what I was thinking, I was just hoping to hear another person say it! thanks
08-21-07, 12:52 PM
#4
Non Tribuo Anus Rodentum and off to the next adventure (RIP)
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,161
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Just let it alone. Been that way for some 20 odd years without issue and hasn't hurt anything. Why mess with it?
__________________
08-21-07, 12:56 PM
#5
Senior Member
You could also try knurling the steerer tube. Take a cold chisel and make 4 small even spaced cuts all the way around the steer tube where the race mounts.
__________________
Il faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace
1980 3Rensho-- 1975 Raleigh Sprite 3spd
1990s Raleigh M20 MTB--2007 Windsor Hour (track)
1988 Ducati 750 F1
Il faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace
1980 3Rensho-- 1975 Raleigh Sprite 3spd
1990s Raleigh M20 MTB--2007 Windsor Hour (track)
1988 Ducati 750 F1
