Originally Posted by
onespeedbiker
If the outside of the headset is rusty than you can use whatever you want to remove the rust, however if the inside is rusted enough to leave any pits or a rough surface, you should replace it.
Will keep that in mind when I get to that part!
So what I just did, I knocked out the bearing cups, right.. and I tried to just fit my BB into the hole, but these tubes are sticking so far out that my BB won't even fit through, so I'm pretty sure even with the adapter, it won't go through. I just figured out the previous crankset was a one piece looseball one, and so the middle was thin. But I'm really set on using this crankset, because it's too late for returns

I was thinking, if I possibly figure out a way to get rid of these tubes, could I still use the converter?