Dawg Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 My forks, Right i bought some Monty X-Hydra forks for my Mod, I put them on and tightened everything up and went on the street to have a feel of them, I pressed my front brake once and my forks were wobbling, the headset is on correctly and everything is tightened up, What is the problem? Please help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartridge Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Your headset isn't fitted/adjusted properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aust Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 are the forks brand new ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 No i bought them off wally, Could someone do me a diagram of how it should be fitted then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aust Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 maybe the steerer tube is pulling out.... ive had that on previous forks... makes my front end wobble an amazing amount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartridge Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Hyrda forks have welded in steel steerer. What headset have you got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aust Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 see ive never used monty forks (Y)... stop been so clever tarty (Y)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsy Jock Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Is it the pads wobbling in your brake? Turn your wheel 90 degrees and see if they wobble then? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyroo Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I had that, its becauae my steerer was too long and there wasnt enough space between the topcap and the start of the steerer, meaning everytime it was tightened, it just loosened again. If your steerer is less than half an inch away from where the top cap sits, cut the steerer down, or put a spacer in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Well, I have a aheadset and i put it on the same way as it was on my old forks, I think Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Loosen off the stem from the steer tube tighten the head set up, not too tight then tighten the stem to the steer tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Hyrda forks have welded in steel steerer. What headset have you got? ← i thought the hydra fork legs are aluminium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Well, I have a aheadset and i put it on the same way as it was on my old forks, I think Cheers ← Yes, but if the forks have a longer steerer tube... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 chances are the steerer of the forks isn't below the top of the stem. The top cap is used to push down the stem onto the headset. If the steerer tube is flush with the top of the stem, then all you need is a few headset spacers below the stem. I had this same problem recently, apart from it wasn't myheadset that was loose, the clips have broken off the back of my brakeblocks, and it was them that were moving. (Y) So cheak out the steerer / stem and see if the steerer tube is below the top of the stem, if not, wack some spacers on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Could someone do me a diagram of how it should be fitted then? :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 You look it up! Find the website of whatever headset it is, and download the instructions or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 a common mistake is to put the bearing cages in the wrong way up-presuming you are running an open bearing headset.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOLO Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 i thought the hydra fork legs are aluminium? ← no they are all steel.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 >_< ← its pretty rough but you get the idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly C Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 I currently have the same problem with my forks/headset >_< I always seem to have the problem how ever tight I do the b*****d up, really gets to me sometimes (Y) I've got a King and Python with Team forks and a headlock and it still doesn't stay tight :S Olly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPace Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 its pretty rough but you get the idea ← thats not that helpful because the steerer tube has to be about a quarter of an inch underneath the top of the stem initially for the topcap bolt to pull the headset together tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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