Kenevo Gen1 Problems with Kenevo steering set / top bearing

[Knusp. Ente]

Hey there! So yesterday I swapped the original RockShox Boxxer Select for a Fox 40 Performance Elite. Unfortunately I was so exited that I ripped everything appart, before having a good look how everything stuck together.

Now I have trouble with the top bearing and the clamp ring.

The fork fits perfectly at the bottom, but no matter how hard I try, the space between the frame and the dust cap won't get smaller. In all the videos I watched, the clamp ring fits even into the top bearing, but not mine. What am I doing wrong?

Yes I know there's no grease in there, I will do that as soon as everything fits how it should be! =)

I have only 3 pieces. The bearing, the clamp ring and the dust cap.

 

[cozzy]

Looks normal to me.

 

[Knusp. Ente]

Looks normal to me.

Its 1mm open space.. before the swap there was no space at all :/

 

[KennyB]

You have tried completely assembling the whole thing, including the stem and the top cap, and preloading to take up the play in the top bearing. You will have to grease the compression ring. This should push down the compression ring and compress it to centre the steering tube.

 

[Knusp. Ente]

You have tried completely assembling the whole thing, including the stem and the top cap, and preloading to take up the play in the top bearing. You will have to grease the compression ring. This should push down the compression ring and compress it to centre the steering tube.

Ok you think when I grease everything it should work?

What do you mean with preloading? Sorry english is not my first language

 

[KennyB]

Screw down on the top cap to take up the play.

 

[Knusp. Ente]

Screw down on the top cap to take up the play.

Ah ok. I did that a few times, but preloading doesn't help at all. The gap didn't get smaller, maybe a half millimeter

 

[Miru]

Maybe the fox steerer has a slightly higher outer diameter than the boxxer which prevents that “C” spacer to close more tightly. You should use a calliper to measure both steerer tubes outer diameters in that area.

 

[CjP]

That gap is normal mate. It would have been the same before but you may not have noticed it.

 

[Knusp. Ente]

Now its all greased up, it got slightly better but not much.. so thats normal then?

 

[KennyB]

My Levo has a slightly smaller gap, but still a gap. The top cap turns with the stem etc so it will always need some gap. I always have the slot in the compression ring facing the rear and squirt some grease into the slot to stop water getting in.