Thanks — great idea. I am one of those who has been saying, 'Yeah ... well how many times am I going to do this, anyway?' Well .. the answer, as it has turned out — more than I thought! So 65 clams and shipping even to Japan may be worth it for the future? Maybe Hozan has one here on this side, but I have always assumed that this was a $200+ tool.

The last time I installed a head-set as DIY was years ago using drifts and mandrels. Took me about two hours and I sweated blood the whole time!

I imagine that all of us CV'ers could use a real think towards a solution as opposed to relying on the LBS.