Headset Bearings Assembly
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Headset bearings assembly. Crown race lower bearings lower frame cup pictured as lower head tube race upper frame cup pictured as upper head tube race upper bearings upper race or cone washer locknut. You could try and measure the bearings balls probably 5 32. There are several parts making up a headset the most important of which are the two large bearings one for each end of the head tube. The upper head race is pressed into the top of the head tube.
There are eight parts in a threaded headset from bottom to top. Take the fork the crown race and a bearing sample to halfords or your lbs many of which have stayed open phone ahead. The lower head race is pressed into the bottom of the head tube. A headset consists of four races plus associated parts from top to bottom.
Shop our store online for all your headset bearings today. Threaded headsets are used with forks that have a threaded steerer tube and are the traditional type as shown in the above picture. Subjected to abuse day in and day out it s the part that lets you steer a bike and holds the. See halfords bicycle parts headsets spares maybe.
The headset is the bearing assembly that connects the front fork to the frame and permits the fork to turn for steering and balancing. The adjustable race attaches to the steerer.