schwinn springer install help needed !

[nick tures]

can anyone tell me how this goes? just cant seem to figure it out, am i missing any pieces ?

 

[Superman1984]

I'll try but a few things #1 Not a Schwinn fan & #2 Schwinn forum is the best place to ask for Schwinn help. Hope these help or somebody else can better than I am

 

[Dave K]

Looks like a postwar springer on a prewar bike.

 

[the tinker]

Headtube on a pre-war Schwinn is shorter than a postwar, or you have a girl's prewar springer. Either way, it's not going to work. Can't cut it down to fit. The truss and fork arms are longer too.

 

[Jeff54]

Not sure, in your photos but, in this one ya aint got a bearing cup. Ya need one on top and bottom of head post where the cup part is toward the fork. Or in this photo, ya gotta have one with cup facing up fitted into the top of head post. Or? Ya got it up-side down?

 

[GTs58]

Not sure, in your photos but, in this one ya aint got a bearing cup. Ya need one on top and bottom of head post where the cup part is toward the fork. Or in this photo, ya gotta have one with cup facing up fitted into the top of head post.

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He has the deluxe head set, no top cup. Might have the bearings upside down though.

 

[Jeff54]

Yeah, just looked it up, Part E for bearing to sit onto, inserts into post. Part C or type in below photo serves as a cap and adjustment over the bearing

And here's a complete head post:

 

[bloo]

POSTWAR deluxe headset has bigger parts at the bottom (F,G,H in GTs58's graphic) than a prewar deluxe headset.

You need all of postwar parts or none of them down there, and it looks like you might have a mixture.

Up at the top the parts should mix, but as others have mentioned that springer is altogether too tall.

 

[Rivnut]

Here's an cutaway illustration from 1939

 

[nick tures]

does anyone have a prewar springer complete or fork ? excelsior badge here's my bike