Timeline for Play in headset with no upper bearings on a tandem bicycle
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| Jun 5, 2019 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1136196125852090369 | ||
| Jun 5, 2019 at 7:59 | comment | added | Carel | @Jean-BaptisteRudant That's exactly what I thought I had seen. I think your problem will be solved if you install a complete (new) headset. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 7:48 | answer | added | Jean-Baptiste Rudant | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 1:14 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Another option is to contact Bilenky / Viewpoint and ask them directly. This doesn't look great, but the top bearing on a headset carries very little load The top bearings are more about preloading the bottom bearings. This is an interesting question - please do give updates. | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 20:53 | comment | added | Jean-Baptiste Rudant | Thank you @Carel. I added a better picture with the parts cleaned up. Does this confirm what you thought: 1 and 4 (on the 4th picture) are bearing races, with 2 and 3 something supposed to work as a bearing ? What would you suggest to fix this and have a more regular and robust setup ? Do I need to buy some sealed bearings (like the one from the bottom of the fork shown on the last picture) to replace 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ? | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 20:47 | history | edited | Jean-Baptiste Rudant | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 4, 2019 at 20:02 | comment | added | Carel | This really looks like a faulty, bad built. Something is missing, unless the second item right is some kind of heavily damaged graphite(?) ring working as a bearing. 1 and 3 definitely look like bearing races. | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 19:13 | history | edited | Jean-Baptiste Rudant | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 4, 2019 at 16:43 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 16:14 | history | edited | Jean-Baptiste Rudant | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 4, 2019 at 15:38 | history | asked | Jean-Baptiste Rudant | CC BY-SA 4.0 |