Headset Type
02-19-12 | 11:00 PM
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Headset Type
Hello,
I have a headset I would like to use on a different frame. The frame it's on now (a 2005 Stumpjumper Disc) has a fork with a 1-1/8" steerer tube. Based on the pictures below, is this headset just the standard threadless type? Should I be able to re-use this on any frame with the same diameter headtube (with the same fork)? The reason I ask is that the current frame tapers to a larger diameter at the top and bottom, and the new frame I want to use it with has a constant diameter.
Thanks in advance,
Tom
I have a headset I would like to use on a different frame. The frame it's on now (a 2005 Stumpjumper Disc) has a fork with a 1-1/8" steerer tube. Based on the pictures below, is this headset just the standard threadless type? Should I be able to re-use this on any frame with the same diameter headtube (with the same fork)? The reason I ask is that the current frame tapers to a larger diameter at the top and bottom, and the new frame I want to use it with has a constant diameter.
Thanks in advance,
Tom
02-19-12 | 11:05 PM
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Yes, it appears to be a standard pressed-in headset. You'll need to push out the cups from the frame, and of changing the fork too, transfer the crown race.
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02-19-12 | 11:10 PM
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So is the taper in this frame's headtube just a slight difference in design (but would not affect the type of headset it accepts)? The frame I want to transfer this to is steel and has no taper in its headtube.
02-19-12 | 11:42 PM
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the "taper" made me take another look, and it seems that your headtube is indeed stepped on the outside. This shouldn't matter since only the inner dimension up to 3/4" deep at either end counts. If the bike is spec.d as taking a 1-1/8" headset, then it's a go.
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