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Struggling to fit the top centering collar in the annulus the fork steerer and top bearing.
It's a hope 7J combo.
Do I
*Hit it harder
*File a bit of the inside off
*File a leading edge into the collar
*Buy another headset and try the collar from that
*Give up and take to the LBS
*Give up find a new hobby
Do you mean the 'conical compression ring' ?
If so yes to try a different one - you say it's a Hope and they can be bought separately for a few £.
I had a Hope headset where one just wouldn't fit - sent it back to Hope who stated there was nothing wrong with it but sent it back along with a new one as a good will gesture, so they said. Funny how the new one fit perfectly (as well as one from another headset) but the one that 'had nothing wrong with it' didn't ! It was clearly out of tolerance, too tight on the fork steerer so over expanding and not seating in the bearing.
Thanks! Pilfered one off another bike for the time being. All good now. Will get in touch with hope too.