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help with carbon steerer springloaded top cap

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  1. I'm very experienced with traditional headsets/topcaps, but I've never
    taken apart a topcap that comes with an all carbon fork/steerer tube.

    So I take my Cane Creek 1 1/8 threadless topcap off; it's on a
    all-carbon Zeus fork. I put it back in like I normally do a "normal"
    headset, but is there something I need to make sure not to screw up?

    I tightened it back down to the point of being "tight but not crazy
    gorrila tight." The handlebar turns nicely, no ratcheting. The stem
    bolts are tightened down properly. But that springloaded topcap is
    making me wonder if I screwed up. There's no slop back and forth with
    the brake on, if that matters, but is there protocol to be followed
    with this dang springloaded item that keeps making me think I did it
    all wrong?

    I'd like to avoid a "I turned left but the handlebar stayed straight"
    lesson.

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