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Has anyone else found these incredibly tight to fit ?
Tried it on 2 different steerers (both steel) and it is tight to the point of needing 'not very gentle persuasion' with a rubber mallet to get down the tube. There does not appear to be an expanding wedge, so is this normal, or am I being a numpty ?
Anyone ? Before I hammer the bl@@dy thing on 😯
which bit is tight?
Find someone with a large vice.
Both races are tight but it's the top assembly that is causing the problem. I had to use fairly brutal force to get it off the P2's it was on before and I'm now trying to fit it to a pair of Nixons. It's the first headset I've come across without an expanding wedge and I can't see anything that would be causing the problem.
I've even swapped the cartridges to see if that would make a difference eg. ovalised cartridge but the problem is still there.
Does it have a rubber o-ring in there? I'm sure mine does, but that's about 8 years old. It was a very tight fit, I just smeared a little grease inside.
Can't check at the moment but I'm pretty sure it doesn't have one.
It is the same as [url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=370160025968&Category=56194 ]THIS ONE[/url] so presumably the fit has to be tight to avoid movement........but I can't see it has to be 'hammer on tight' !