headset press
09-06-11 | 08:57 AM
#26
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What about a vise and a couple of blocks of 1"x wood? That's what I use on mine. Just start it slow and watch what you are doing. The key to this method is a third hand(second person). If you want a 1 person tool rig up something out of a x-large C clamp.
09-06-11 | 12:05 PM
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Probably not necessary anymore, but this is probably the thread you were looking for.
Probably not necessary anymore, but this is probably the thread you were looking for.
09-06-11 | 12:08 PM
#28
+99 to the one Jan posted. I made the same thing, used large nylon washers below the nuts so as not to damage the cups/races.
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09-06-11 | 12:23 PM
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I'd never use the 2 washer method....never. I couldnt tell you how many thousands of headsets I've removed and installed and nothing beats the proper tool.
The cheap 2 washer setup has 2 major flaws...at least in my trained mechanics eyes......
1: Sooner or later your going to mess up the edge of the cup
2. Because there's nothing to prevent the cup the cup rocking to side your much more likely to start a cup crooked. Nothing good comes from a crooked cup in a frame.
Either buy the proper tool or have your local shop do it.
The cheap 2 washer setup has 2 major flaws...at least in my trained mechanics eyes......
1: Sooner or later your going to mess up the edge of the cup
2. Because there's nothing to prevent the cup the cup rocking to side your much more likely to start a cup crooked. Nothing good comes from a crooked cup in a frame.
Either buy the proper tool or have your local shop do it.
You can choose between cobbling something together for ~$10, or buying the right tool for ~$50.
I guess it really depends on what you're working on or how often you'll use it. If I were working on a gas-pipe bike, I'd just pound them in with a mallet and a block of wood and be done with it. For something I care about (De Rosa, Palo Alto, etc) I'll use the proper tool.
I've used the press enough times that it really has paid for itself. So smooth, so effortless.
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09-06-11 | 12:28 PM
#30
ill keep using my $10 one until it ruins something. At the rate I'm going I might die first.
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