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I'm havin some steering hub woes! I got a headstock that is slightly ovalled, I replaced the bearings once already when I got the bike and it had some oval to it then so I dremelled the sides of the head ever so slightly so I could get the new race in. The headstock caused the new race to misshape.
This caused a slight notching to where the bars want to remain straight. Barely noticeable, I said fuck it I'll come back to it later.
So here we are a few months and thousands of miles later.
Solutions guys? The hub is not worn terribly so concentricity shouldn't be an issue. The issue is more that the headstock slightly bends the race so the bearing rocks just a tiny amount which causes a notching. I'm thinking I could dremel the lateral sides of the race a slight bit to compensate for the headstock.
I know the best solution would be take the frame to the machine shop and all that but what would you guys do? I've fixed slightly worn wheel hubs before with feeler gauges or bearing retainer compound but this is ovalled, something new to me.
This caused a slight notching to where the bars want to remain straight. Barely noticeable, I said fuck it I'll come back to it later.
So here we are a few months and thousands of miles later.
Solutions guys? The hub is not worn terribly so concentricity shouldn't be an issue. The issue is more that the headstock slightly bends the race so the bearing rocks just a tiny amount which causes a notching. I'm thinking I could dremel the lateral sides of the race a slight bit to compensate for the headstock.
I know the best solution would be take the frame to the machine shop and all that but what would you guys do? I've fixed slightly worn wheel hubs before with feeler gauges or bearing retainer compound but this is ovalled, something new to me.