08-29-2010, 07:40 PM
Hi. Great site and forum!
I'm looking for help on disassembling my Cannondale road bike's headset. The long story is I have a creak when I stand and pedal, and I've isolated it to the steerer tube. I think there's dirt in the contact areas, so I want to take it apart, clean it up, and regrease everything. The reason I'm pretty sure this is the cause is because I tried to take apart the headset (and failed, thus this thread) to do just that, and when I snugged everything back up, the creak went away for a while.
Anyway, here's a picture of the headset:
According to Cannondale's tech document on their website (my bike is an '05, but this is closest I could find: http://www.cannondale.com/usa/usaeng/CannondaleFiles/Manuals/2008_cannondale_road_fork_owner_manual_supplement_en.pdf )
the top cap threads on to the expander bolt assembly, and you should be able to insert a 6mm hex key into the cap to remove it. My top cap doesn't have the 6mm hex key (it's a round hole to accept the cap screw head), and when I loosened all the pinch bolts the stem wouldn't slid up off the steerer tube like it should if it had a star nut. Am I missing something? I tried inserting a bunch of different size hex keys through the top cap to try to loosen up the expander bolt, but nothing would engage. I haven't peered through the top hole with a flashlight to see what's down there, yet...
Anyway, has anyone run into this before?
Thanks,
Dave
I'm looking for help on disassembling my Cannondale road bike's headset. The long story is I have a creak when I stand and pedal, and I've isolated it to the steerer tube. I think there's dirt in the contact areas, so I want to take it apart, clean it up, and regrease everything. The reason I'm pretty sure this is the cause is because I tried to take apart the headset (and failed, thus this thread) to do just that, and when I snugged everything back up, the creak went away for a while.
Anyway, here's a picture of the headset:
According to Cannondale's tech document on their website (my bike is an '05, but this is closest I could find: http://www.cannondale.com/usa/usaeng/CannondaleFiles/Manuals/2008_cannondale_road_fork_owner_manual_supplement_en.pdf )
the top cap threads on to the expander bolt assembly, and you should be able to insert a 6mm hex key into the cap to remove it. My top cap doesn't have the 6mm hex key (it's a round hole to accept the cap screw head), and when I loosened all the pinch bolts the stem wouldn't slid up off the steerer tube like it should if it had a star nut. Am I missing something? I tried inserting a bunch of different size hex keys through the top cap to try to loosen up the expander bolt, but nothing would engage. I haven't peered through the top hole with a flashlight to see what's down there, yet...
Anyway, has anyone run into this before?
Thanks,
Dave