I took the fork out to grease it and stop it from creaking about a week ago. When I put the fork back on, it is like loose and it was not like this before. Everything is tightened to the previous specs, and nothing is missing. I took it apart again but I still couldn’t find anything that was wrong with it
by Unable-Hyena3640
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Something is not seated how it should be, often a case of tightening the stem bolts before the topical is correctly torque down. Top cap first, then the stem to steerer bolts. That’s not to say the headset isn’t back in the right order. I recommend taking photos as you disassemble to get the oder right.
Either your headset is loose or you need to loosen your stem then tighten the top cap.
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Your forkmis not lose. Your headset is loose. Losen the stem clamp bolts, tighten the top cap, tighten the stem.
Why do people downvote posts like this? Just keep scrolling.
Also, I don’t know. Bad headset?
You may need to add a spacer if tightening the bolt is not solving the problem
Top cap not tight enough is my guess, loosen the stem bolts and tighten the top cap until there is no more play