Chris King headset - lower bearing/crown race Q

[sylvain]

Well it's been a long time without posting for myself, but the retro-bug has been floating around this winter, and caught me again . Been catching up with a couple years of great bikes posted here - the site is huge!

So I am rebuilding a bike. It has a not so old headset, King circa 2010. But upon reinstalling the headset will come stuck when loading the bearings - this is due to this integrated plastic washer at the bottom (looks to be a seal for the bearings) - the crown race wont sit on the cone.

Now I can't remember having this issue before. I can't guarantee the crown race I found it the original one from this headset - but it is similar to another King HS i have, which doesn't have the plastic bit.

Does anyone know the solution to this issue? Could it be that a different crown race is required? Cheers!

Sylvain

 

[ishaw]

That doesn't look like the right crown race. It should sit against the inner angled part of the bearing.

 

[sylvain]

Re:

The crown race is not on the picture; this is what the bottom of the headset looks like.

 

[ishaw]

The problem is that the bit that looks like a crown race shouldn't be there. Here's a pic pinched from the internet:

 

[sylvain]

Re:

I am such a fool. A couple years ago I stuck this plastic washer from a cassette in there cos I couldnt locate the crown race, and wanted to hang the frame and forks on the wall, without damaging the headset.

It all came to to me all of a sudden. Old age eh. Thanks for the help anyway!

 

[sylvain]

Re:

Made good progress