I have looked online and I I've followed the step by step guides but it isn't fixing my issue.
Essentially today I decided to change my top cap because the old one was very threaded. I put everything back to how it was, I greased everything nicely but whenever I tighten my stem bolts from the side now, for some reason when I try to turn my wheel there's lots of resistance, I even took it apart 3 times and everything checks out with the gyro. What I am doing is screwing the top cap on slightly, then aligning the wheels and then screwing the stem side bolts then tighten up the top cap, but whenever the side bolts are tightened it caused this issue. I know this because I tested it with the top cap and it doesn't cause this issue.
If anyone knows the solution please help me 🙂
by TomatoCurious6938
5 Comments
To help visualize it. Imagine yourself trying to do a bar spin but you cannot because there’s too much resistance so the bars won’t rotate easily.
I can see your upper bearings are not seated properly. They are sticking out of the top bearing race on your frame.
You sure that headset
bearing(top of top tube) is seated properly?
Something hasn’t gone back together properly but it’s kind of hard to diagnose just from an image, although the upper headset bearing shouldn’t be almost entirely exposed, like it doesn’t even look like it’s fully seated in the headtube.
Is it possible you’ve just overtightened the compression bolt? That thing doesn’t need to be cranked down tight at all, just enough to eliminate any wobble in the bearings, like using the short end of an allen key should be enough. If it’s too tight on top of the bearing not being seated properly that could explain it.
Headset is incorrectly assembled.
Also bearing pressie is stem loose, tighten top cap, retighten stem. Do not tighten top cap after the stems tightened