Series 2 180 Steering Head question.

Spider Wales

Spider Wales

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Newport South Wales
Stripped my TS a good few years back and it is now coming back together, ("Huzzah!").
There are spacers that fit under the Steering Head bearings, (as standard, ball on top, roller on't bottom) now here comes the quandry, I have three spacers. Was there a two up top, or two at bottom rule, or is it a case of much fiddling to see how it affects the headlamp bracket fit, I guess it depends on how it was all machined, as they seem a bit of a bodge to be honest, hence three, but there are Guru's out there that have experience of more than one of these things. What say you Gents?
 
The "spacers" are not a bodge, just a simple and efficient method of reducing weight and manufacturing costs of the headstock... the bloody frame is far too heavy as it is.  If the bearings were to be supported properly without the washers, headstock wall thickness would need to be increased by almost 3mm.

AfaIk, the thickness of these washers is 1mm, enough to support the bearings.  One beneath each bearing.

piet
 
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