Torque setting for the followin headsets please, found now’t on the manufactures web sites,

Ritchey semi integrated – dont know type but OE on xc bike

FSA acb semi integrated – again OE on xc bike,

and

FSA Orbit Extreme pro.

Just take the play out

need to do it until there is no play.

torque wrench not required imo

Err, torque settings? do em up til theres no play and they still spin smoothly!!

Yes but i’m a heavy handed ape who owns a torque wrench – they always seem to loose to me! 😳

If you pop the bike on the back wheel & hold it on the back brake, turn the bars in-line with the top tube.
You will easily feel any play in the headset

When you’ve eliminated it all, bounce the bike up & down a bit & check it again

I find it easier to spin the allen key with one finger till its tight (not tight, just untill it comes to a stop) then back off 1/16 to 1/8 of a turn.

No Torq wrench will ever go that low, its barely a fraction of finger tight!!

there are too many parts to take into account that aren’t part of the headset to give useful torque settings
trial and error – just do them up until there’s no play

Done it up finger tight, Eastons web site reckons 1.6NM as a guide when manufacturer hasn’t given a figure – pretty slack!

As above – do it up until there is no knocking when holding the front brake on and rocking the bike backwards and forwards, at the same time as making sure the front wheel turns smoothly and easily.

If it isn’t tight enough you should notice it while using the front brake riding along.

What? Torque settings for a headset? lol

Virtually none. The bearings are not supposed to be under pressure.

“The bearings are not supposed to be under pressure. “

technicaly wrong

your pre-loading them in a different direction to the way in which theyl handl most of their load (axialy as opposed to radialy) so the small ammount of load applied to them by the ehadset cap should be enough to stop them rattling when stressed the other way.

but yea, in real life, the torque is as good as none.

You do realise the slight knocking is probably your forks, not the headset 🙂

er… there is no slight knocking, its all fine. 😉

they always seem to loose to me!

no worries 😉