Mountain Bike Headset Wobble

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Mountain bike headset wobble. I tried too and yeah let s face it that headset is probably bad or badly installed. The frame is an intec m1 see document page 6. How to eliminate anoying and dangerous headset play. A rattling headset will make your steering sloppy and if you don t fix the problem.

Rock the bike back and forth and see if there is play. Place your hand over the fork crown and lower headset cup to feel for any slop from a. If so tighten the headset. For bicycles this is most likely to happen at speed as in a downhill.

Luckily putting them back in order needn t be. It does this at a rate of something on the order of ten hertz. If your threadless bike headset has more chatter than a sunday afternoon church social it s probably loose. United states restricted mode.

The current headset is a xlc a51an. A poorly set up headset isn t just annoying it s also dangerous incorrectly adjusted bearings can play havoc with your bike s handling. How to service your mountain bike headset duration. Lock the front brake and put the other hand on the bottom of the headset and fork.

Image by endless pedal one of the most frightening experiences a cyclist can encounter is getting up to 70km hr and experiencing speed wobble a k a death wobble or speed shimmy while. Riding with play can harm the headset in the extreme the frame. If i hold the wheel up and try to rock the forks back and forward they feel pretty. As is the bike is pretty much unrideable since the fork would wobble every time i brake.

I guess it s an external headset but not really sure. If i hold my front brake on and rock my bike back and forth i get a bit of wobble between the forks and frame. How to stop your disc brakes squealing mountain bike maintenance tips duration. Global mountain bike network 744 196 views.