[sydeshowbob]

Well I just unpacked my forks and ripped the bike apart. I was sliding the head stem of my new forks into the frame and started to tighten the head nut down .. and low and behold... I have some free play. It seems the lil bearing plate does not have enough room to sit down on the bearings... sorta like the head stem is just a bit to big. So I called BBR and ......I was right. It seems they have a few fork sets that were not machined to spec. And of course I got one... gotta send them back now. Just a shout out ot you guys in case you have the same problem... :?

 

[Shiftwideopen]

that sucks! hopefully they get you a new set real quick!

 

[manwhore]

for a well know company that is very bad no quality control or standard to get it before it goes out to the customer makes me have a secound thought about them

 

[APEX]

If your talking about the Bearing Race, then you need to bust out the good ole' hammer and punch and start whackin, i had the same problem. Nothing a good old beating cant do.

 

[sydeshowbob]

what is the bearing race? Not sure of the terminology... is that the tapered bearing wahser dealy? hehehehe... So how would I hve corrected it with a punch.. its to late now... since I sent them back.. but if i get another set that is messed up, I may have to rig it up...Thanks for any details you can give.

 

[APEX]

When you have the fork in the Head of the frame, you put the bearing over the threaded peice on the forks (not sure of correct name) then over the bearing goes the Bearing Race.

 

[sydeshowbob]

that is what I thought you meant. We will see how my luck is when the new forks come in. Should be here sometime next week. Thanks for everyones help.