FSA crown race needed please

[trek_y]

Wonder if anyone has a spare FSA crown race kicking about as I've managed to lose mine during a delayed fork swap over. The headset in an Orbit Xtreme 1 1/8th but I think an Orbit race is an Orbit race isn't it ? So any help would be gratefully received as I don't really want to have to change the whole headset. Cheers.

 

[Osella]

I've found some interesting wobble issues when swapping forks between bikes, I made the same assumption, but an Orbit MX and Orbit XLII don't seem the same when you swap them over! There's either binding or wobble - depending which way the swap is..

I use these now an almost all my forks: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/hope ... p-prod2095
As they are split it allows greater variety of compatibility - and also works with cage bearing lower races, as well as sealed lower races of FSA Orbit XLII/Orbit MX and Cane Creek that I have used so far..

As a result I do have a couple of spare FSA races though - but just couldn't guarantee they'd work with an Extreme. What's the stated angle on the HS / Lower bearing race?

 

[trek_y]

Re:

That's interesting the Hope race will fit perhaps so might get one from CRC as you suggest but if you have a genuine FSA part going then that would be great. I'll check the bearing angle later but pretty sure its 45 degrees ACB as with most of them ?

 

[Osella]

Interesting.. The Orbit MX is 36 degrees..

 

[trek_y]

Re:

Hi, here's an old review of my headset with a good exploded diagram of it. Looking at that page looks like it should have originally come with a split race - mine didn't ? Also the bearing do actually appear to be 36 degrees as you said.

 

[Osella]

Yeah, none of mine have had split races, just the 'normal' ones. If the bearings are 36 deg then in theory the spare ones I have should fit..