gp remade headset rim

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i have tried several rims on a remade headset and none fit anywhere near. not the usual but 5mm in height and screw holes miles out. question being, if you ever need a new rim can one be sourced seperately
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i belive quality chrome in hull sell them, if you have a lot of paint on your headset it can make it hard to fit, i used a dremill on the inside if the last one i bought to create a bit of clearance, so it didnt chip my metalfake
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This is other way around bud. The rims are much too big for headset, ridiculously too big. Whatever they copied off to produce mould must have been a one off. By the way holty I took proper headset to ajs for welding and they are doing it. Cheers
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Remade headset says it all , you will need to find out who made it and if they do rims for them
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jason frost wrote:Remade headset says it all , you will need to find out who made it and if they do rims for them
I think it will have been made by Willy wonka in his chocolate factory. Might make a nice tea pot for your Saturday club :lol:
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chippy wrote:This is other way around bud. The rims are much too big for headset, ridiculously too big. Whatever they copied off to produce mould must have been a one off. By the way holty I took proper headset to ajs for welding and they are doing it. Cheers
oh good, the only other solution i could think of is ive seen someone selling stainless steel rims, cant remember where, but stainless can be cut and welded and polished, might be a last resort if you cant find the correct one made for your headset.
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To be honest I just wanted to get a rim to sell it on. I have got an early Indian headset which does job perfect and rim fits good so other headset not needed anymore remade headset fits together perfect but without a headlight rim it's practically useless. Will have a look for one of those. Cheers
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holty wrote:i belive quality chrome in hull sell them, if you have a lot of paint on your headset it can make it hard to fit, i used a dremill on the inside if the last one i bought to create a bit of clearance, so it didnt chip my metalfake
I have always found that Quality Chrome's rims fit very well on my Italian headset.

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