creaking/ leaking headset??

dandaman555 · 05-30-2004, 11:43 PM

everythings working fine, i biked back from my friends house, no trick or anything. I put my bike inside and i noticed some oil/ grease leaking out of my headset, i cleaned it off my fork, but now when i turn my handle bars it makes a creapy creaking sound. what happened?!?! my cane creek s2 is only a few months old!! this ever happen to anybody else/ what happened??

DangerousDean · 05-30-2004, 11:55 PM

are they sealed or cartrige bearings?

jsut put some new grease on them

IFO · 05-30-2004, 11:58 PM

FSA pig...

count your heasdset problems a thing of the past...

if your headset is giving u issues dotn even bother trying to fix it... its not worth it...

the Pig is so affordable under 30$ most everywhere... and its the cats ass...

sounds like your current headset needs regreasing thou...it would appear the current lube has broken down...

dandaman555 · 05-31-2004, 12:40 AM

so i took it apart, i dont know how to explain it but, the sealed bearing cartridge where the bearings sit came apart, thus spilling the grease inside of it,

so now my question is, whats their warrantee like because it is only a few months old with no heavy riding on it

DangerousDean · 05-31-2004, 12:58 AM

headsets dont normally have warrentys.

kinda sounds like you over tightened it and ruined the bearings...

dandaman555 · 05-31-2004, 01:02 AM

well on their site it says theres a one year warrantee, and i dont believe i over tightened it

DangerousDean · 05-31-2004, 01:10 AM

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Originally posted by dandaman555
well on their site it says theres a one year warrantee, and i dont believe i over tightened it

warrenty is probbbly on the cups only, not the bearings.

and the cartrige blowing up would be caused by overtightining it ...

dandaman555 · 05-31-2004, 01:15 AM

i'm like 95% certain i didn't over tigthten it. but say i did do so, how much would a new one go for??

05-30-2004, 11:43 PM	#1
dandaman555 Bike now, work later Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	creaking/ leaking headset?? everythings working fine, i biked back from my friends house, no trick or anything. I put my bike inside and i noticed some oil/ grease leaking out of my headset, i cleaned it off my fork, but now when i turn my handle bars it makes a creapy creaking sound. what happened?!?! my cane creek s2 is only a few months old!! this ever happen to anybody else/ what happened?? __________________ Biking isn't an escape from life, its simply a better form of it.

05-31-2004, 12:40 AM	#4
dandaman555 Bike now, work later Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	so i took it apart, i dont know how to explain it but, the sealed bearing cartridge where the bearings sit came apart, thus spilling the grease inside of it, so now my question is, whats their warrantee like because it is only a few months old with no heavy riding on it __________________ Biking isn't an escape from life, its simply a better form of it.

05-31-2004, 01:02 AM	#6
dandaman555 Bike now, work later Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	well on their site it says theres a one year warrantee, and i dont believe i over tightened it __________________ Biking isn't an escape from life, its simply a better form of it.

05-31-2004, 01:15 AM	#8
dandaman555 Bike now, work later Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	i'm like 95% certain i didn't over tigthten it. but say i did do so, how much would a new one go for?? __________________ Biking isn't an escape from life, its simply a better form of it.

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05-30-2004, 11:55 PM	#2
DangerousDean DIRTBAG - with a mustache Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ft.McMurray Alberta Posts: 6,488 Rep Power: 0	are they sealed or cartrige bearings? jsut put some new grease on them

05-30-2004, 11:58 PM	#3
IFO Cove STD goodness...Yummy Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13,650 Rep Power: 4376288	FSA pig... count your heasdset problems a thing of the past... if your headset is giving u issues dotn even bother trying to fix it... its not worth it... the Pig is so affordable under 30$ most everywhere... and its the cats ass... sounds like your current headset needs regreasing thou...it would appear the current lube has broken down...

05-31-2004, 12:58 AM	#5
DangerousDean DIRTBAG - with a mustache Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ft.McMurray Alberta Posts: 6,488 Rep Power: 0	headsets dont normally have warrentys. kinda sounds like you over tightened it and ruined the bearings...