Stronglight Delta headset: spacer add?
10-21-23, 06:44 PM
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Stronglight Delta headset: spacer add?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kurtsj00/6879006687
Would the 'washer' in the graphic above be a spacer, and if so, can I add an additional spacer between 2-3mm (or replace that 'washer' with similar) ?
(Wanting to make the overall 40mm stack height, to be around 42.5-43mm).
Would the 'washer' in the graphic above be a spacer, and if so, can I add an additional spacer between 2-3mm (or replace that 'washer' with similar) ?
(Wanting to make the overall 40mm stack height, to be around 42.5-43mm).
10-21-23, 10:17 PM
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/kurtsj00/6879006687
Would the 'washer' in the graphic above be a spacer, and if so, can I add an additional spacer between 2-3mm (or replace that 'washer' with similar) ?
(Wanting to make the overall 40mm stack height, to be around 42.5-43mm).
Would the 'washer' in the graphic above be a spacer, and if so, can I add an additional spacer between 2-3mm (or replace that 'washer' with similar) ?
(Wanting to make the overall 40mm stack height, to be around 42.5-43mm).
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The Delta top nut has a shoulder over which that washer sits. You can add a spacer to increase the stack if you need to, but you'll want to keep that original washer.
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10-22-23, 03:27 PM
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Thanks for that detail. Appreciate it.
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If the original headset spacer didn't have a notch (is it a french thing?), now would be the chance to add a notched spacer there. My Look bike has no notch in the steerer tube and hence has a headset with no notched spacers. It was very hard to keep the headset tight. I ended up using Locktite to keep the headset from loosening.
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If the original headset spacer didn't have a notch (is it a french thing?), now would be the chance to add a notched spacer there. My Look bike has no notch in the steerer tube and hence has a headset with no notched spacers. It was very hard to keep the headset tight. I ended up using Locktite to keep the headset from loosening.
Insufficiently tightened locknuts WILL result in the headset becoming loose, washer or none.
The only (indirect) possible way it would be an issue is if the stack height is then enough that the locknut binds on the top of the steerer.
Toothed washers are a useless (best case) / bad (worst case) idea.
They require a slot in the steerer or axle, removing metal and generating multiple stress-raisers.
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The only (indirect) possible way it would be an issue is if the stack height is then enough that the locknut binds on the top of the steerer.
Toothed washers are a useless (best case) / bad (worst case) idea.
They require a slot in the steerer or axle, removing metal and generating multiple stress-raisers.
They require a slot in the steerer or axle, removing metal and generating multiple stress-raisers.
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