How To Service A Headset

[thunderusa]

Excellent Tutorial!!

[compaqnc6340]

1:21 there's a face in the rag

[gaytan58]

Thanks bro

[Nickleaholton]

hi :)

[dixonfrank]

i currently ride a 1 1/4 fork and headset on my fixie. if i wanted to get a 1 inch fork would it be compatible? do i need to get a new headset??

[meinLiebsterFeind]

@dixonfrank

is it threaded, unthreaded? 1 1/4 is uncommon, most every headset is either 1" or 1 1/8". Fixie tells me nothing, any kind of bike can be made a fixie...

[dhudson369]

how do you take out forks on a threaded headset HELP PLEASE

[kaseymcc2]

Good video, are you using white lithium grease? I'm drunk.

[motabikeboy]

@kaseymcc2 /'mate i honestly think tht no one thinks your cool for putting "im drunk" in your comment. like seriously, who the fuck does that. its boasting and you probably think our cool by doing that. well guees what. i think no one here thinks your cool. they probably think your a low life.

[nickbubblehead]

Hey Nick, good video. Being a road biker I was not sure how to adjust the headsets on my new mtb. I read all the comments and I can understand why you want to make the compression bolt a little tight as the bearing will settle in, but I have read that you have to be a little carefull here as you can compress the bearings Anyway, thanks for the video as I learned alot from it.

[harrybails]

way too tight the bars should move freely without any play

[madaboutrc]

lol at the end, that is how you put it back together. you can here the bearings gringing away.

[Ralphmears]

Man it looks as if you tightened the compression bolt a little much there, I would only tighten it until there is no longer play in the forx. If the headset is too tight, you may need to replace the bearings.

[squidiebah]

Nice bike. :)

[nicklake12345]

well if your crap enough to screw it up then yes however in this instance the headset had not been greased in a whil and refused to move

[almightygoose]

sooo is the mallet for smashing up your bike when you realise youve fucked up a relatively simple job?

[mojo489]

It looks like you've over-tightened the compression bolt (one at the top), and now your steering is stiff. It's important not to do that so you can ride hands-free and steer naturally.

Before I knew what I was doing, I over tightened that bolt and 'indexed' my headset. That means I crammed it together so hard that each little ball in the bearing left a dent and so the balls would tend to sit in the dents... not safe, not good!

So, tighten ONLY until there is no more play.

[nicklake12345]

no what you should do is tighten it enough so there is no more play (which is what we did) then if it is stiff let it loosen up over time

[theschiz999]

at my bike shop whenever we service headsets, it does the same thing... there initially tight because you just packed the barings with new grease... you have to rida a little bit to work the grease around in the races , then it will losen up...( i work for marzocchi in vancouver and service headsets almost every day and from what i've seen it looks correct)

[EarlMcCrackin]

Weird, my fork doesn't seem to release. Why is this?

[nicklake12345]

you may have a locking headset which will hold the forks in but it should come out after a bit of fiddling

[nicklake12345]

its funny cos u obviously have no idea due to the fact thats a 1500 pound bike

[austen2how4rth]

that guy is obviousley rich that is telling you you dont have to service sealed headsets i have an fsa orbit as my headset and clean it after every long cycle

[nicklake12345]

yeah thanks finally someone who actually knows something

[giantyo1]

that is a crappy head set. you do not have to maintain CK headsets or aany other seald headsets

[crapbot]

good job!

[kneejouster]

You dont use the mallet!

[kneejouster]

this has allows me to clean the headset with confidence. great video, thanks for making it

[amyisasecretspy]

lol i own that jumper now...

thats amazingggg... whatever ur tlkin bout...

[j0siah7]

great vid, very informative.