Headset keeps coming loose!

[Cameron Luke]

I tighten my hic and clamp super tight but my bars just keep twisting. Do you guy think that the wrong size crown race would make a difference?

 

[thealexbuffery]

your bars keep twisting?

you mean like they keep going unaligned with your fork? it may be that your bars are too big for the HIC or someting

 

[Cameron Luke]

It works with other scooters with HIC.

 

[thealexbuffery]

oh alright

try putting candle wax on the compression bolt threads, should keep it tighter i think

 

[Cameron Luke]

Have you ever tried it?

 

[tyler_magro]

Cut the shim. Had to do it to a kids scooter just last weekend

 

[Cameron Luke]

Why would you cut the shim?

 

[thealexbuffery]

Have you ever tried it?

my headset never really comes loose often, scooterhut said putting candle wax on bolts helps from stripping bolts and stops them coming loose n that

 

[Cameron Luke]

I think its cause im using a madd gear clamp on a district V2i.

 

[zach poon]

I think its cause im using a madd gear clamp on a district V2i.

That had nothing to do with it haha you could have a stripped starnut but idk ive gotten lucky with my compression stuff qnd everything goes together perfect

 

[Cameron Luke]

I have a built in starnut so that couldnt be the problem. I was saying that because district head tubes are so long that there is not much fork to stick out of the top. And because madd gear clamps bolts are high the clamp might not be putting much pressure straight onto the forks but mostly on the shim!

 

[zach poon]

I have a built in starnut so that couldnt be the problem. I was saying that because district head tubes are so long that there is not much fork to stick out of the top. And because madd gear clamps bolts are high the clamp might not be putting much pressure straight onto the forks but mostly on the shim!

Is it a shim with a built in topcap? And that shouldnt be the problem i run phoenix forks with a district ( built in starnut) and they work great!

 

[Cameron Luke]

Im not saying anything about the top cap and starnut. I was just saying that your clamp has to clamp down on your forks to keep tight, but because im running a madd gear clamp its barely clamping on or not on all.

 

[thealexbuffery]

do you have any other clamp you could use?

 

[tyler_magro]

kid... cut the damn shim... it's obviously too long not allowing the compression bolt to be tightened all the way

 

[Cameron Luke]

do you have any other clamp you could use?

Yeah im going to use my phase 2 clamp form my dirt scoot.

 

[Cameron Luke]

kid... cut the damn shim... it's obviously too long not allowing the compression bolt to be tightened all the way

But its not the shim nor the bolt(i just bought a new one last night) it just the madd gear clamp.

 

[Hamish C]

If you have cut down your bars make sure the slit you have cut is wide enough that your clamp actually compresses your bars together when you tighten your clamp, could also just be your clamp as my MGP clamp used to come loose as well.

 

[Cameron Luke]

Yeah I think its just the madd gear clamp.

 

[Hamish C]

Yeah I think its just the madd gear clamp.

You could cut the bottom of the clamp off so the bolts are further down the fork tube.