Originally Posted by
gugie
The question is what do you do about it if it isn't brazed on? It appears that it's just the front edge of the bottom lug. The critical part of the braze is at the junction of the head and down tube. As a mental experiment, what would happen if that little lip part of the lug wasn't there?
As long as the head tube isn't cracked, I'd let it be.
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repechage has good eyes. I looked again and it does appear that the bottom headset cup isn't pressed all the way in.
Maybe the cup didn't want to seat all the way for galling or the seat being to tight, possibly stressing it and cracking the paint or?