Originally Posted by ascherer

Since @noglider pointed out elsewhere that the NYC weather will be quite fair this week I hauled my International upstairs to give it a once-over. I decided it was time to figure out why I could never get the headset adjusted properly - it’s been this way since I built it the winter prior to the pandemic.


Exhibit A. This was wrapped around the bottom beating cage when I pulled the fork. It’s a Tange headset, some kind of seal? I tried it without and it wasn’t right so out came the headset tools and I installed a nice Shimano something or other from my bin. In the process I mislaid the bearing cage for the top cup but I had a bunch of looseies in the right size and it went together smoothly.
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