coomber":32yvsiiw said:Headset.. Phone typo.. Think mine was just a life cycles one
coomber":iyyi1auc said:Yeah the auto text really messes up sometimes!
kingoffootball":wnatfzjh said:Installation, I use the exactly press you linked to and it works fine (though I added a couple of fibre washers that sit inside the cupt to keep it centrally alligned) I agree if you were going to use it more frequently it might be worth a better tool, but I've put in 5 in the last years easily enough.
Removal, I'd say go for the proper tool. Tapping the cups out takes time and care, but with the proper tool it's literally a ten second job. I paid around £15 for mine when it was on sale at CRC and it's saved me enough time to pay for itself - I know people who have made their own out of old seat tubes, but they've never been as good, either getting damaged or taking slightly longer to get in place.
This was the cup removal tool I was looking at...still seems pricey for what it is:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HEADSET-CUP-R ... 53f7d0265c
xerxes":6mrle557 said:This was the cup removal tool I was looking at...still seems pricey for what it is:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HEADSET-CUP-R ... 53f7d0265c
I had one of those Ebay threaded bar presses. It didn't work very well, because it sort of flops about and it's difficult to get started. I gave up and went back to using a block of wood and a hammer, tapping around so that the cup goes in straight.
Some time later, I bought one of these when they were on sale for £40.00: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=10225