I have an elderly Dawes. I believe it to be prewar but may be wrong. Resilion cantis, clip headset, very deep and narrow drop etc. The frame has small rectangular lugs below the chainstay. For an early gear change I assume.
The headset is giving me issues. I just cannot adjust it to run smoothly without either binding or rocking. At the bottom there is a race on the fork but the frame has a grove/race that is integral. ie the bearing run in the frame. Its the same at the top. In fact it remarkably like a modern frame where cartridge bearing sit in the frame but with loose balls. The races look and feel smooth. Bearing are new.
Am I likely to be going about this the wrong way. The headset is as it was when dismantled from what looked to be like original. Everything was greased and smooth where out of the elements (I think, its been a loooong project) . It had to come out because the fork was bent.
Your thoughts please.
The headset is giving me issues. I just cannot adjust it to run smoothly without either binding or rocking. At the bottom there is a race on the fork but the frame has a grove/race that is integral. ie the bearing run in the frame. Its the same at the top. In fact it remarkably like a modern frame where cartridge bearing sit in the frame but with loose balls. The races look and feel smooth. Bearing are new.
Am I likely to be going about this the wrong way. The headset is as it was when dismantled from what looked to be like original. Everything was greased and smooth where out of the elements (I think, its been a loooong project) . It had to come out because the fork was bent.
Your thoughts please.