That certainly does sound odd. I'm no expert, especially on Ultegra HS. It almost sounds like a scratch in the cup. The upper half of the head set is relatively easy to get to, but requires two wrenchs, a 32 mm cone wrench and a big adjustable or another 32mm wrench. You can remove the HBs without disconnecting any cables. Examine the balls and the cup looking for signs of ware. If none, regrease and reassemble. The bottoms are a little more difficult to deal with. You will need to turn the bike over.
Fully getting the bottom out and installing a new HS is best done with a special tool. If you do need new headset, Cane Creek makes a very nice 1" silver model. Good luck, Michael On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 10:45:49 AM UTC-4, Tim wrote: > > How do you know when a headset is worn out? My Hilsen has an Ultegra > headset. The bike was built up in 2011. There seems to be kind of a dead > spot when the wheel is centered up. If you have the wheel centered and move > the handlebars to the left and right, it's like you have to overcome > inertia to get past that spot. The best way I can describe it is it feels a > little like when you swing one of those swinging saloon doors, the way they > kind of pause at dead center. It makes me wonder if the headset needs > replaced. If so, any suggestions as to a good headsets? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
