Headset advice

[simon_adams_uk]

Two questions:

1) with a threaded headset, is it wrong to use a spacer between the top locknut and bearing cup nut? (I can just about cope aesthetically - wanted to check it's ok mechanically. Can't be bothered to cut 5mm off the steerer tube so fancied using a spacer)

2) what's the best gloopy stuff to repack headset bearings with? Would copper grease be suitable at all (as I've a big tube of it!)

Cheers,
S

 

[one-eyed_jim]

1) with a threaded headset, is it wrong to use a spacer between the top locknut and bearing cup nut?

No problem.

2) what's the best gloopy stuff to repack headset bearings with? Would copper grease be suitable at all (as I've a big tube of it!)

If you mean copper anti-seize, then no, it's not what you want. Any ordinary bearing grease will do - whatever you use for hubs and so on. Finish Line, Castrol LM, Duckhams Keenol, whatever you have lying around. But not copper anti-seize.