natmat

Sorted the headset/stem setup. 1. Penetrating oil and the lower-lock ring hex bolt could be undone, which freed up the threaded upper pre-load ring. 2. Then screwed upper into lower (push rod through tangentially) make the two butt-up together 3. Slackened off 2* stem bolts, pushed stem and two lock-rings down onto head tube, then tightened stem. 4. Unwound, about 5/4 turns, upper ring until play removed. 5. Tightened up lower lock ring hex bolt. Still have gap between head tube and upper inset bearing race and the lower lock-ring (not quite as bad as above photo). However, zero play now.

Old thread, but wondered if ever solved? My Kalkhoff has this above setup, but can't find anywhere that says how to pre-load top race.

Looks a good spec bike. Do you ever head North (I'm in NE)? Bit too far away to consider to collect from Swales though. Nathan