Fork Spacer

[mawilbolou]

Hi All

I recently got some 1 inch front forks.

By the way.... I am quite limited in knowledge so my apologies!

Anyway, I have these forks and I have tried to fit them to an old-ish Alan frame that takes a 1 inch steerer... unfortunately the forks don't pass through the head tube.

On the picture...there is a metal plate at the top of the forks. I believe it is a Spacer?
My question is... To get the forks to pass through the head tube,
should I remove the spacer? Or is there something I am not doing.

Cheers for nay help.

Matt

 

[Chrisz]

Looks like a spacer thingy to me - remove it and try again

Have fun building it up

 

[e-rider]

You need to remove everything from the forks except the crown race - or remove the crown race and fit the correct crown race that goes with the headset that you intend to use.

Your lack of knowledge tells me that this is a job for your bike shop or a friend with some mechanical knowledge - don't want to end up killing yourself with the front wheel falling off or steering failure!

 

[mawilbolou]

You need to remove everything from the forks except the crown race - or remove the crown race and fit the correct crown race that goes with the headset that you intend to use.

Your lack of knowledge tells me that this is a job for your bike shop or a friend with some mechanical knowledge - don't want to end up killing yourself with the front wheel falling off or steering failure!

Everything except the crown race.. Great thanks!
I have fitted forks before but never with a spacer,
so no accidents coming
my way

Thanks for the advice!

 

[e-rider]

I'm not sure what you mean by a 'spacer'. These forks look like they have an entire headset still attached including the top cap. All this needs to be taken off. Every headset has a different crown race - if you use the one on there already you'll need to fit that old headset too.

 

[mawilbolou]

I'm not sure what you mean by a 'spacer'. These forks look like they have an entire headset still attached including the top cap. All this needs to be taken off. Every headset has a different crown race - if you use the one on there already you'll need to fit that old headset too.

Hiya

Yeah the headset seperate.
I have all the headset bits in a seperate bag.
The photo was taken at the sellers end!

The spacer is attached to the steerer and as far as I know isnt part of the headset!

 

[e-rider]

which end of the steerer tube - do you mean the top cap? does it have a bolt in the middle?

 

[Chrisz]

We gonna get some pics when it's all built up then?

 

[spandex]

Ok

If you are going to keep and use the head set that came with the forks you need to take out/off the old head set out of the frame. Then you need to fit the 'new' one in doing this you can leave the crown race on the forks. If you do not wish to use the 'new' head set you will need to take it all off including the crown race.

 

[mawilbolou]

ok I took all the bits off

I removed all the bits from the forks including the bit of metal that I called a spacer which I find out is 1 1/8th sleeve.

The seller (off ebay) just put everything on the forks, packaged it up and sent it me.
I dont know which order they go in though.

Can anyone advise? thanks

 

[mawilbolou]

Anyone know in which order I should assemble the below forks?
I have numbered the bits... and as I dont know what the pieces are called
it would be helpful to know!

thanks for the help

 

[mawilbolou]

The numbered bits

thanks

 

[Chrisz]

OK,

I 'think' I've sussed it;

8 fits over the race already on the forks (at the end of the steerer)

9 goes on top of the bearings (8)

5 goes inside the frame at the bottom of the steerer tube

1 sits on the top of the steerer tube of the frame

7 goes on top of that (possibly followed by 9)

2 goes over the whole lot from the top

6 then fits inside 2

3 & 4 go on over the top of 6 and then there should be steerer tube sticking out above all this - your stem goes over this lot and is clamped down to keep it all snug, before being tightened up to stop it rotating on the steerer tube.

The spacer can go below the stem or, if you don't want your handlebars that high, chop the steerer tube down to about 1mm below the level of the stem.

Hope that makes sense - if I got anything wrong I'm sure someone will come along and correct me

 

[Tharg2007]

that spacer might in fact be a shim for the stem to take it from 1" to 1 1/8" . Does it have a cut running down it or is it all solid?

anyway, looks like a nice headset there, I recently got a stronglight one with needle bearings, they are sposed to last for a very long time but need to be cleaned and re greased more often i believe.

 

[mawilbolou]

Thanks CHris your a star!!!
I will sort that after work!

And yeah it is a "Shim" as you say to take the size up to 1 1/8".

Should have this bike together in a few days
Cant wait...