Headset Still Loose After Tightening at Wayne Duffy blog

Headset Still Loose After Tightening. Either too tight or too loose usually indicates the headset has worn out (either the balls, or the cones, or both) or is severly knocked out of. I've been working every day to try and fix this, despite putting everything back together numerous times, my front forks are loose(knocking sound). In a threadless headset (which is what is shown in the picture), the stem is what keeps the fork compressed into the head tube. You need to check whether the headset is installed correctly and perform the basic adjustment steps to fix it. You can set some preload prior to tightening the stem with a bar. After set, tighten the torx lock screw (non drive side) also to 3nm. Doing this requires tightening and locking the adjustment to stay in place. If your road bike headset keeps coming loose, you must secure it again. Tighten the interior (the 5 mm inside) compression nut in place, then restart your headset adjustment process and hope that you haven't damaged the headset by riding it improperly adjusted. To allow that sliding, there needs to be bushings to keep it as tight as possible (reduce play), but still allowing the fork to move up and down.

Tighten the interior (the 5 mm inside) compression nut in place, then restart your headset adjustment process and hope that you haven't damaged the headset by riding it improperly adjusted. To allow that sliding, there needs to be bushings to keep it as tight as possible (reduce play), but still allowing the fork to move up and down. Either too tight or too loose usually indicates the headset has worn out (either the balls, or the cones, or both) or is severly knocked out of. In a threadless headset (which is what is shown in the picture), the stem is what keeps the fork compressed into the head tube. You need to check whether the headset is installed correctly and perform the basic adjustment steps to fix it. If your road bike headset keeps coming loose, you must secure it again. After set, tighten the torx lock screw (non drive side) also to 3nm. You can set some preload prior to tightening the stem with a bar. Doing this requires tightening and locking the adjustment to stay in place. I've been working every day to try and fix this, despite putting everything back together numerous times, my front forks are loose(knocking sound).

Headset got VERY loose after 300m cobbles but i cant tighten it back up (i loosened the stem

Headset Still Loose After Tightening Tighten the interior (the 5 mm inside) compression nut in place, then restart your headset adjustment process and hope that you haven't damaged the headset by riding it improperly adjusted. If your road bike headset keeps coming loose, you must secure it again. Tighten the interior (the 5 mm inside) compression nut in place, then restart your headset adjustment process and hope that you haven't damaged the headset by riding it improperly adjusted. You need to check whether the headset is installed correctly and perform the basic adjustment steps to fix it. You can set some preload prior to tightening the stem with a bar. I've been working every day to try and fix this, despite putting everything back together numerous times, my front forks are loose(knocking sound). In a threadless headset (which is what is shown in the picture), the stem is what keeps the fork compressed into the head tube. To allow that sliding, there needs to be bushings to keep it as tight as possible (reduce play), but still allowing the fork to move up and down. After set, tighten the torx lock screw (non drive side) also to 3nm. Doing this requires tightening and locking the adjustment to stay in place. Either too tight or too loose usually indicates the headset has worn out (either the balls, or the cones, or both) or is severly knocked out of.