I think Im on the way to figuring this out but I thought Id ask here before I break something and embarrass myself in front of the guys at the LBS. Im in the middle of replacing the stock stem on my Stumpy FSR with a 50mm Atlas Stem and I can't quite get it on right. There is about a 2-3mm gap between the top cap and the spacer. Its just enough that the spacer rattles around and isn't seated. The top cap is one of those Specialized wagon wheel offset caps, and I suspect that its whats causing the problem. The bolt for the top cap seems like I could torque it down quite a bit more but when I started to it started to feel like I was forcing it and I didn't want to strip anything. Am I correct that the offset Specialized top cap is the problem or could it be something else?
Fairly sure it is. Thanks for the tip about Park Tools website, didn't know they had that info there. You and the clowns have given me plenty of good advice here though.
Think it's a good idea to point out to someone who's not aware that when everything's together with enough spacers for your length steerer, there should be a gap/space/room to squeeze/adjust bearing tension before you tighten down the stem.
There's a picture about 60-70% down on the linky Andrew posted that says "gap here"
Watching someone or a vid can help big time.
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