Originally Posted by
rankin116
Those homemade presses don't work well at all. At least mine didn't. I could not find the correct size bushings or washers to fit into the cups on the headset I was installing. I went to three different hardware stores too. Buy the tool, or just have a shop install it. If I have to do it again, I'm buying the tool.
A homeade headset press works just fine. You don't need bushings. Just a large bolt, nut, and washers. I've installed everything from the cheapest headsets to Chris King headsets with mine, never a problem.