Originally Posted by head_wind
I'll try most anything. The worst is that I can screw it up and need help. I won't face a bottom bracket (I'm not even sure if I have the language right). I probably won't buy the tool to remove or insert a headset. I'm ready to screw anything else up.
motto: start slow, then ease off
Never made a tool yet to remove a headset, but installing one is not a biggie, as handy as you already are. A pipe clamp and an assortment of large sockets give you everything you need to install them gracefully
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Wheelbuilding is not as black of an art as it's made out to be either. It just takes patience - - oh and another wheel laying around to use as a reference helps.
After splitting center cases and rummaging around in dirt bike gearboxes since I was a teen, a bicycle leaves very little mystery.