Originally Posted by squeegy200
Darn ingenious. I am impressed with the resourcefulness of you all.
I've been using a bearing press designed for VW front bearings. But I've been using Allthreads for some stereo shelving and your designs make a lot of sense.
Now what do you guys use to install the lower bearing race on the forks?
I've been using an old Kalloy Uno 30.4mm seatpost which no one in this world ever uses except for old Supergo Access MTB frames.
I removed the seat clamp and then slide it over the steerer tube. It rests on the flats of the bearing race and I lightly tap on top of the seatpost to push the bearing race into position.
Until I got the race setter from Park (again it's far superior but costly) I used a piece of copper drain pipe in either 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" depending on the size of the steerer. I sweated a cap on to it so that I could tap it more easily with a hammer.
To remove the cups, I cut an old steerer off of a broken fork, cut 4 slots in it with a dremel, flared the slots slightly and popped it into the head tube. It works just as well as the Park headset remover (the Park isn't superior to this one, just prettier
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