Originally Posted by
Road Fan
Soon I'm going to clean up and reinstall the Rudge fork onto the Rudge frame. I saved the balls but they seem to have vanished in a cleanup, so I need new ones. It's a 1952 Rudge Aero Special, with 27 x 1 ¼ wheels, a clone of the Raleigh Super Lenton. So my question is how many balls does it need for the upper and lower bearings, and what size? I assume Grade 25 is a good choice.
Grade 25 is good. The headset uses 25 5/32" bearings in each race. You should always have some on hand when taking a Raleigh headset apart. It is well known that these bearings vanish into a parallel dimension once they hit a shop floor.
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