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Nice Smokestone BTW
Thank you. It's been collecting dust for a long while, I'm "trying" to get it back on the trails. But things like this just slow it down.Nice Smokestone BTW
Although I have owned a CK headset briefly, it came used with a frame and was of course missing the scuff washer. I actually though that the washer was meant to go between the top bearing and the bearing cap or something but having just looked at the manual I see its rightful place is in fact ontop of the bearing cap so agree, it won't be it causing the damag.Pretty sure it's not the scuff washer as I don't always use one. The rubber ring is the only part that comes into contact with the steerer, and it moves slightly each time you turn the steerer, rubbing and rubbing until you get that Chris king line on your steerer.
No arguement that thamey aren't nice headsets quality wise, but that part of the design is pretty rubbish, all to do with not wanting to pay royalties on the compression ring so the story goes.
This looks like an earlier headset that is pre-griplock, it won’t have that compression ring assembly.It’s usually because the steerer isn’t completely square cut , or needs a little filing to make it nice.
You can take the CK compression ring apart and put it on in individual parts and then compress back together