It looks like you need to tighten down your stem. Loosen the bolts holding the stem to the fork, then tighten down your stem cap, then tighten the stem bolts back up.
CtrlAltHate on
No your headset bearings are loose. You need to loosen the bolts that hold your stem to the forks then gently push your front wheel against a wall whilst you gently tighten the top bolt don’t crank down on it tightening it too much as you’ll crush the bearings you want it just tight enough that the bars still spin freely without any of that back and forth movement.
Once you have it right then you tighten the bolts on the stem back up.
If the forks are all the way up to that top bolt you’ll need some spacers so there’s room for it to tighten.
Slowbro_Laggins on
This looks like an older bike and I remember having troubles with loose ball bearings all the time when I was a kid.
Above tips are great but also double check nothing is wrong with the bearings while you loosen the top cap off.
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It looks like you need to tighten down your stem. Loosen the bolts holding the stem to the fork, then tighten down your stem cap, then tighten the stem bolts back up.
No your headset bearings are loose. You need to loosen the bolts that hold your stem to the forks then gently push your front wheel against a wall whilst you gently tighten the top bolt don’t crank down on it tightening it too much as you’ll crush the bearings you want it just tight enough that the bars still spin freely without any of that back and forth movement.
Once you have it right then you tighten the bolts on the stem back up.
If the forks are all the way up to that top bolt you’ll need some spacers so there’s room for it to tighten.
This looks like an older bike and I remember having troubles with loose ball bearings all the time when I was a kid.
Above tips are great but also double check nothing is wrong with the bearings while you loosen the top cap off.