Headset tool - worth the bother or not?
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icantthinkofausername
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beepbeep":12pxrt49 said:A great way to install fork races is an off-cut of inch and quarter plumbing pipe...
Oh, and a f-ing big hammer
Precision tools at there best
MikeD
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I've used home-made presses, hammers, blocks of wood, vices, the lot. And I haven't for a moment regretted the £35 I spent on a Cyclus headset press. Or, come to that, the £20 for a Park cup remover. I have been known to take headsets out and put them back in just for the hell of it, such is the joy of the proper tools ;-)
always used "bits of wood & lump hammer" method for getting the cups in. long screwdriver & same "precision" hammer for removal. can't quite remember what we used for the race mount on forks but can't remember any problems either....
saying that, after purchasing a vintage control center for my build, me-thinks i'll get bob jacksons to pop it all in for me after the respray - just for piece of mind. also, think the lads in my local h*lfords let me use their tools a while back - pretty good of them i thought - no biscuits required!
saying that, after purchasing a vintage control center for my build, me-thinks i'll get bob jacksons to pop it all in for me after the respray - just for piece of mind. also, think the lads in my local h*lfords let me use their tools a while back - pretty good of them i thought - no biscuits required!
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I often use a big vise and two bits of wood! Last time was for fitting a Chris King in a titanium frame!!! Been doing it for a while now though. Suggest when using this technique for the first time having help from a mate to ensure cups are going in straight! :roll:
Im another of the home made tool set.
Length of threaded M10 rod with 2 white acetal drilled machined cylanders to fit inside the cups (stepped to fit both 1" & 1 1/8th").
Works a treat with a pair of spanners to tighten.
For removal I use an old steerer tube with another white acetal turned block fitted in the end to soften the blow, then a swift technical tap from a mallet usually gets the job done.
Length of threaded M10 rod with 2 white acetal drilled machined cylanders to fit inside the cups (stepped to fit both 1" & 1 1/8th").
Works a treat with a pair of spanners to tighten.
For removal I use an old steerer tube with another white acetal turned block fitted in the end to soften the blow, then a swift technical tap from a mallet usually gets the job done.
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tiboltrider123":32v8tlp2 said:
OMG is there something wrong with your head!!!
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psyclone1976":1c6nagya said:tiboltrider123":1c6nagya said:
OMG is there something wrong with your head!!!
LOL!!!
Nah, it's all in the technique. You've either got it or you haven't!!! Bet some village idiot tries this now and fluffs up their bike! (don't blame me) :roll:Right for cup removal you can make your own rocket tool out of an old thin seatpost with 4 cuts in it to splay the edges out. I made mine in 1994 and I still use it with no problems. Alloy is best as this is a bit softer on the cups.
For a headset press, well I've fitted more than I care to remember but I cannot think of a better way than to own than your own press. They retail for £35 on chain reaction see http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10225 and for the amount of grief you get while using vises, wood, washers on threaded rod, storm drains, mallets and so on then it's money well spent.
I personally also like a slide hammer (better known as a Crown Race Fitting Tool) as well to give the job a professional finish see http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Cyclus_Crown_Race_Fitting_Tool/5300003499/
To fit the star washer if it's new enough then use a good philips screwdriver dropped through the threaded part or find a good fitting socket something like a 16 or 17 might do it. Mind those fingers though...
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BobRiot
For a headset press, well I've fitted more than I care to remember but I cannot think of a better way than to own than your own press. They retail for £35 on chain reaction see http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10225 and for the amount of grief you get while using vises, wood, washers on threaded rod, storm drains, mallets and so on then it's money well spent.
I personally also like a slide hammer (better known as a Crown Race Fitting Tool) as well to give the job a professional finish see http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Cyclus_Crown_Race_Fitting_Tool/5300003499/
To fit the star washer if it's new enough then use a good philips screwdriver dropped through the threaded part or find a good fitting socket something like a 16 or 17 might do it. Mind those fingers though...
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Oh dear seems the good people at bike magic seems to think a lump of wood and a hammer is the best way???
http://www.bikemagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/3014
http://www.bikemagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/3014
