Do MTB forks come with a star nut?

Do MTB forks come with a star nut?

Typically forks do not come with a star nut. New headsets do, though. Your LBS should have a new star nut for you to shove in there.

How far down should star nut go?

Star Nut Installation with TNS-1 The TNS places the nut about 15mm (9/16″) below the top of the steering column. This allows the adjusting bolt to thread fully into the nut for adjustment pre-load. It can also help maintain alignment to use the stem as an alignment guide.

What does a star nut do?

The star fangled nut — or ‘star nut’, as it’s known — is pressed into the steerer tube and allows the fork and headset components to be pulled into place in the frame’s head tube. If you have a new fork or have just cut down your steerer tube, you may need to fit a new star nut.

What size star nut do I need?

– To check which size you need, measure the internal diameter of your steerer and choose a star nut that’s between 1mm and 3mm larger than that size. Please note that star nuts are designed to be a tight fit so they don’t pull back out when you tighten your headset.

Do I need a star nut?

It isn’t mandatory to use a star nut and there are ways to adjust a stem/fork interface without one, but it isn’t typically a “beginner” skill.

Do you need a star nut?

Can you use a star nut on carbon forks?

WARNING! Never use a star nut with a carbon steerer tube fork (Figure 7). Star nuts can only be used with aluminum steerer tube forks. Use only a compression device designed for carbon steerers.

How does a star nut work?

How tight should headset cap be?

When tightening the headset top cap it MUST push down on the stem, or the spacer above it, and not the fork column itself (the top cap pushes down on the headset which tightens it up). Do up the headset top cap until it is just tight — at this point you should be unable to turn your stem spacers. Do not overtighten it.