Gandalf the Yellow Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 for those who doesn't know, evolution imports is uk distributer of chris king stuff and they're always up their arses and think they're always right and there's NOTHING wrong with chris king stuff. (me and people at work past experience)basically i got a chris king headset last summer and its been in my aorta for about 8 months now, it was faced and fitted properly with the park headset press. so no problem there..then few days ago i felt some play in the headset and the problem grew very rapidly and it got to a point where i can twist and turn the top cup with my hands when its in the frame only in a matter of days!initial thoughts - flared headtube, so i inspected the headset/headtube and it managed to slide out the headtube without having to smack it out, i then fitted a pig headset and it was fine, no problem there, so there must be something wrong with the top cup.rang up evoimps and they said there are such a thing known as 'baggy headtube' which their 'perfectly made headsets' may just slide out of but it isn't quite a flared headtube, whereas a cheapo pig will fit in..then i was so confused and tried fitting the top cup to a scott scale 50 frame, and that was fine...so is there such a thing known as baggy headtubes?? what are your thoughts to this??steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 What size is the top headset cup? I'm betting it'll be between 33.98mm and 34.02mm which is bang on tolerance. A correctly sized head tube is 33.8-33.9mm if I remember correctly, which would mean your headset would fit perfectly.In short, it does sound like the top of your head tube is oversized/flared.Edit: FSA Pigs are notoriously oversized. Grab a set of vernier and measure them both up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Happened to me when I went from Pig to a CK.As Adam said, they're slightly oversized.I just wacked a load of Loctite on mine, and pressed it in, been fine. - Bought it 2nd hand for £35, so I wasn't too bothered if I messed it up...So yeah, your headtube would be slightly flared from the Pig headset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf the Yellow Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) Happened to me when I went from Pig to a CK.As Adam said, they're slightly oversized.I just wacked a load of Loctite on mine, and pressed it in, been fine. - Bought it 2nd hand for £35, so I wasn't too bothered if I messed it up...So yeah, your headtube would be slightly flared from the Pig headset.haha you mean from the king? seems like you've done the complete opposite of what happened to me..anyways so there's no such thing as a 'baggy headtube' like that monkey said at evoimps, just another flared headtube. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsteveEDIT: would aluminium tape do? loctite..hmmmmm not so keen Edited April 17, 2007 by StinkEE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Oh, so you didn't have the Pig before the King?Gotcha now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 very first thought - pig £15 chris king £100 guess who has better tolerances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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