FOX 40's LOWER CROWN FOULING FRAME

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FOX 40's LOWER CROWN FOULING FRAME
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flag JamesJozef
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 at 22:28 Quote
Wrap an old tube around the bumpers?
flag Hummeroid
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 at 22:54 Quote
Only solution to your problem is to get a headset that gives more stack height on the bottom, or see if they offer a taller crown race for that headset. The crowns hitting isnt your fault, its just too low of stack. NO amount of tape is going to stop that.

Some companies like canfield brothers even supply THIS headset to alleviate that problem.
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flag riggadon
Posted: Feb 24, 2010 at 9:44 Quote
Hummeroid wrote:
Only solution to your problem is to get a headset that gives more stack height on the bottom, or see if they offer a taller crown race for that headset. The crowns hitting isnt your fault, its just too low of stack. NO amount of tape is going to stop that.

Some companies like canfield brothers even supply THIS headset to alleviate that problem.
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the perfect solution
flag neally
Posted: Feb 24, 2010 at 11:22 Quote
Hummeroid...you are a star!

I think this seems like the right way to go. 5mm not alot but it should be just enough to let the crown area pass below the frame, and most importantly, thus allow the rubber fox bumpers to contact the frame area before the crown.

I checked with HOPE (the headset I had fitted with the bike is a standard Hope 1&1/8") and they do an aftermarket crown race which raises things a further 3mm but I'm not convinced that will be enough so I'm going to go with the Cane Creek Headset. Have checked CRC and they are £40GBP. PERFECTBig Grin
flag cruelty-and-the-beast
Posted: Feb 24, 2010 at 11:23 Quote
Hummeroid wrote:
Only solution to your problem is to get a headset that gives more stack height on the bottom, or see if they offer a taller crown race for that headset. The crowns hitting isnt your fault, its just too low of stack. NO amount of tape is going to stop that.

Some companies like canfield brothers even supply THIS headset to alleviate that problem.
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its a good head seat, i run one but my low speed compression knob still taps my downtube when its locked out...on my totem...
flag oceen246
Posted: Feb 24, 2010 at 23:37 Quote
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Used the rubber from an old forks and taped it to my down tube. Seems to work pretty good. I will try another way by gluing the rubber stop directly to the lower.
flag Woodsy1975
Posted: Feb 28, 2010 at 13:35 Quote
Flat head allen bolts so they don't stick past the crown?
flag markbowers
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 at 11:06 Quote
i had a simliar problem on my Intense m3 using a king aheadset.
i ended up fitting different bolts and two fox bump stops per side.

problem solved
flag million435
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 at 18:00 Quote
The same thing just happened to my new powder coated Shocker. I'm so pissed. Selling my Fox 40 and picking up a Boxxer.
flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 at 18:34 Quote
i saw this headset in the new Dirt or Decline mag (forgot which one) but it limits how far you bars can turn, so you don't have to worry about your fork dials hitting the DT (and in your case the lower crown hitting the frame) anybody know which headset i'm talking about? i can't find it in google...
flag million435
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 at 19:33 Quote
slobikerider wrote:
i saw this headset in the new Dirt or Decline mag (forgot which one) but it limits how far you bars can turn, so you don't have to worry about your fork dials hitting the DT (and in your case the lower crown hitting the frame) anybody know which headset i'm talking about? i can't find it in google...

Acros Block Lock Headset

Specialized also makes special bumpers but I dont know where to get them from. I would order 2 sets to have one set upside down on the pinch bolts.
flag wanabe
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 at 19:43 Quote
that headset seems to have a very shallow insert to be stopping a fork
flag million435
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 at 19:56 Quote
I'm just gonna get rid or my Fox 40. 2010 with Ti sprint and Sunline Direct Mount stem $800 shipped.
flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 at 20:28 Quote
million435 wrote:
slobikerider wrote:
i saw this headset in the new Dirt or Decline mag (forgot which one) but it limits how far you bars can turn, so you don't have to worry about your fork dials hitting the DT (and in your case the lower crown hitting the frame) anybody know which headset i'm talking about? i can't find it in google...

Acros Block Lock Headset

Specialized also makes special bumpers but I dont know where to get them from. I would order 2 sets to have one set upside down on the pinch bolts.

That's it, thanks!
flag zach1441
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 at 21:44 Quote
call up spesh or even fox maybe and get a set of these bumpers...problem solved!
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