Saturday, August 31, 2013

Fork installed!

So I finally got my X-fusion Enix fork, and got the crownrace installed, the star fangled nut installed, and cut the steering tube! In order to install the crown race, all I did was purchase a 1-1/4"-1' Galvanized steel pipe, I had them smooth out the ends after cutting, and I gorilla taped one end to "soften" it so it would be less likely to damage the crownrace. This thing was so heavy i didn't even have to whack it with a mallet to set the crown race...all I did was put it over the steering tube and slammed it down onto the crown race a couple times, and it was as flush as it could be - perfect! Next was the part that worried me.....having to mark and cut the steering tube... First, I got all the headset spacers I needed (3x10mm, 1x5mm), put everything except for the 5mm spacer on the fork: headset parts, 3 10mm spacers, stem - then I marked with a pencil, took everything off the fork, and went outside and cut it with a hacksaw. Next I had to install the star-fangled nut. After looking online It seemed like the simplest way to do this was to put a topcap on the the compression screw, then put a 15-20mm spacer on it and then screw the star fangled nut onto it. This would allow you to hammer the top with a mallet all the way down and it should "theroetically" be flush and spaced down the optimal 15-20mm down in the head tube. What I did for the spacer was I took an old plastic bar end I had, and drilled a hole through it big enough for the compression screw to fit through it. Next, I cut the bar end to roughly 15mm, and put it all togeher...it looked something like this.. I started to hammer this in, but it started going in crookeed, all I did was take a screw driver and hammer the side down that was higher - no big deal....once it was low enough for good blows to the top cap, it set in flush :) Now all i had to do was put it all back together on the frame, and this time include the 5mm headset spacer and it all was perfect! Now its starting to look like something!

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