Headset dead spot?

Hugh Fenton wrote:
"Teh bike guy" wrote in message
.. .
This is common and easy to fix, just squirt some toothpaste (whitening
formulations work best) into the headset and ride around for a few miles,
it will become all smooth again, after that you can flush with water and
add grease.



On a vaguely similar topic.........

I've an old aluminium CADEX ALM1 where the (lubricated) seatpost keeps
slipping down slowly........ No, the clamp IS correctly adjusted AND the
seat tube isn't squeezed closed...but it still happens unless I overtension
the quick release (and I DO need one of these owing to the riding I do.)

A friend suggested that valve grinding paste would solve my
problem.........an inert grit to prevent movement embedded in a lubricant to
prevent seizure......

Comments??????

Hugh Fenton



First thing I would try is to lube the QR cam and, if it's the removable
collar type, lube between the collar and frame tube. Sometimes friction
in these places limits the clamping force.

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:54:34 GMT, Peter Cole
may have said:

Hugh Fenton wrote:
"Teh bike guy" wrote in message
.. .
This is common and easy to fix, just squirt some toothpaste (whitening
formulations work best) into the headset and ride around for a few miles,
it will become all smooth again, after that you can flush with water and
add grease.



On a vaguely similar topic.........

I've an old aluminium CADEX ALM1 where the (lubricated) seatpost keeps
slipping down slowly........ No, the clamp IS correctly adjusted AND the
seat tube isn't squeezed closed...but it still happens unless I overtension
the quick release (and I DO need one of these owing to the riding I do.)

A friend suggested that valve grinding paste would solve my
problem.........an inert grit to prevent movement embedded in a lubricant to
prevent seizure......

Comments??????

Hugh Fenton



First thing I would try is to lube the QR cam and, if it's the removable
collar type, lube between the collar and frame tube. Sometimes friction
in these places limits the clamping force.

Also, a detail I'd forgotten; if the split in the tube is not lined up
with the split in the camp, the grease mentioned becomes absolutely
essential.


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