|   Noises from headset (or near headset) | Calpolyclimber
Aug 14, 2003 9:24 AM | | My brand new Hollowpoint Sport has some noises (clunks/creaks) that come from the headset area when I turn the handlebar. It happens mroe when the fork is weighted. Could this be something improperly tightened? Its a new bike and I havn't riden it very hard yet, so I don't think I have screwed anything up. Thanks for any help. |
| re: Noises from headset (or near headset) | Spain
Aug 14, 2003 10:23 AM | | I'm not anywhere close to being an expert on bike maintenance, but I'd say your headset needs to be adjusted (it's too tight or too loose). If you bought your bike at a LBS, take it back and I'm sure they'll check it out and adjust it if needed. If you didn't buy locally, you'll need to adjust it yourself. Hope that bit of minimal info helps. Good luck. |
| 2 other things to check | fm OR mf
Aug 14, 2003 10:51 AM | | -put a little grease on your cable ferruls, where they fir into your frames cable stops.
-grease any spacers beneath your stem, on your fork's steerer tube |
| Who built the bike? | uofabill
Aug 14, 2003 1:03 PM | | If you built it up yourself, maybe you put the crown race on upside down. Possibly some of the other pieces of the headset might be installed in the wrong sequence. Or like someone else said, it may be too tight or too loose. Does it make the noise when you are riding, stopped or both when you turn the bars?
I had a noise (rattle or clunk)in the front end when I recently built up a new bike, Thought the headset was loose and messed with it a lot before I finally figured out that I had no air pressure in the right leg of my new SID Race. Added about 60#'s to that side and all was well with the world then. Good luck. |
| Who built the bike? | Calpolyclimber
Aug 14, 2003 4:07 PM | | Supergo assembled it. I'm not sure if their assembly went as far as to mess with the headset, but who knows. Kindof a dumb question, but how would I go about tightening or loosening the headset, and how might I know if that is the problem? Thanks. |
| sheldonbrown.com | Mr Magoo
Aug 14, 2003 4:45 PM | | Study up before wrenching. This is a critical area. If you are in a hurry, go to the shop. |
| sheldonbrown.com | Calpolyclimber
Aug 14, 2003 4:59 PM | | I'm following Parktool.com's directions for adjusting the threadless headset. I am pretty competent with tools, I just didn't know exactly how these adjustments work. Another question. How tight is too tight for a headset adjustment? I understand that the bearings need to be pressed against the race, but how hard? I am very confident that this is the problem. There is some play in the headset (the fork seems "loose") and Park implies that this adjustment will fix this up. Thanks again for any help. |
| just tight enough - no tighter! | cw
Aug 14, 2003 5:10 PM | | A headset doesn't need any preload per se. It just needs to be tight enought that there isn't any play.
(actually that isn't 100% accurate, but without the specific manufaturer's specs, that will work and won't damage anything) |
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