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Front fork is "wiggling" in the frame

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  • 25-11-2008 6:25pm
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    72hundred
    Registered Users Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    My front fork in my Trek 1.5, for lack of better word, is wiggling back and forth with a little effort inside the frame.

    Is there a screw that I need to tighten to stop this?

    Also I'm surprised this has happened as the bike's been indoors and hardly used in the last month or two.


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    seamus
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    Either your headset is loose or your headset bearings are screwed.


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    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Tighten the bolt on the top cap of the headset. Be sure to loosen the stem bolts first.


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    penexpers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭penexpers


    72hundred wrote: »
    Hey,

    My front fork in my Trek 1.5, for lack of better word, is wiggling back and forth with a little effort inside the frame.

    Is there a screw that I need to tighten to stop this?

    Also I'm surprised this has happened as the bike's been indoors and hardly used in the last month or two.

    There's a screw that goes through the headset cap, trying tightening that. It takes a 5mm allen key.


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    Hungrycol
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    Sounds like your headset is just a bit loose. Tighted the bolt at the top, if that doesn't work remove this top bolt and tighten the inner bolt (you'll it when you take off the top bolt).


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    72hundred
    Registered Users Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭72hundred


    Perfect!

    Many thanks for the help, just did as recommended and took it off and back on. The piece above the bearings had slipped out. All sorted now and back tight again.


    Many thanks.


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    kenmc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,276 ✭✭✭kenmc


    Hungrycol wrote: »
    Sounds like your headset is just a bit loose. Tighted the bolt at the top, if that doesn't work remove this top bolt and tighten the inner bolt (you'll it when you take off the top bolt).
    Inner bolt? Never heard of an inner bolt before - pics!!!


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    flickerx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭flickerx


    kenmc wrote: »
    Inner bolt? Never heard of an inner bolt before - pics!!!

    The inner bolt is more of a concept, a feeling.


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