Originally Posted by LóFarkas
Installation tools cost $1 if you have a hammer, and a scrap headset spacer. Removal also requires a 1' long 1" tube (if you're afraid to use your fork's steerer
) and a screwdriver. If you buy your threaded rod, nuts and washers at a really posh place, it may be $5.
All of this is true but not the kind of advice I'd give someone who has no knowledge or experience installing and adjusting headsets.
When my nearest lbs installed my headset cups with a hammer and a 2x4, I decided I'm more competent then them, and I don't want to take a frame further away.
If your LBS actually used that technique to professionally install a headset, you certainly need a new LBS.