On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:20 AM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > on 5/7/09 7:01 PM, Seth Vidal at skvi...@gmail.com wrote: > >> >> Any idea what would cause the shimano headset on my atlantis to >> seemingly randomly loosen up? It's been twice now that I noticed a >> small amount of play in the steering and took things apart only to >> find top loose enough to take off by hand. >> >> Any suggestions? Am I just not tightening it well enough to begin with? > > Possibly. You might also not quite have enough stack height. This could > cause the top (lock) nut to bottom out on the top of the steerer before it > is appropriately tightened. A thin shim can solve that for you.
This might be the winner. When I've tightened the lock nut I've felt it feel like it 'gives' and pops back up. I'll pick up a 1.5mm spacer or so and see if that makes it better. Thanks everyone. -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
