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[Closed] Seating a crown race on carbon forks

PJay · 2015-12-14T10:40:14Z

I'm fitting some carbon rigid's to my hardtail and the process has gone reasonable smoothly. I'm struggling a tad though to get the crown race fully seated and seem to have a gap about a thumb nail's thickness beneath the race (although I can't remember if this was also the case when the race was on the sus. forks as it's edges may have had a slight curve to them). I've tapped the race down fairly firmly but am a little nervous about hitting it too hard (probably sill some residual and unfounded nerves about the perceived fragility of carbon). Is it a case of hitting the setting tool a bit harder or just constant firm knocking until everything looks right? If anything it's just slightly out and I've heard of crown races seating under riding (although I assume that the headset may then need a tad of adjusting. I did grease the race/steerer interface. Any thoughts?

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bencooper

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Not great, no. Carbon fork, or metal? If metal, the best way is to knurl the fork, if you're near Glasgow I can do it for you.

If not, then Araldite.

Posted : 17/12/2015 1:53 pm

finbar

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Thanks very much Ben, I did read about raising the surface by knurling but it's a carbon fork (and I'm in Sheffield).

Araldite it is then. Or a new fork.

Posted : 17/12/2015 2:02 pm

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