Originally Posted by
kanawa
Thx. In your examples I only see one steel spacer or no spacer. I thought on the SR headsets the fancy alloy one replaced the steel one. When they shipped SR new, only the fancy alloy one was included? Looking at NOS headsets that’s all that’s included.
The original Super Record Headset came with a thin steel spacer; later, it was changed to the thicker aluminum spacer to hold the #712/3 "Spacing spring for headset tool," to help prevent headset spanners from slipping and damaging the soft aluminum parts.
