I have been dismantling my bike tonight and I can’t get the ChrisKing crownrace off the fork! Any tips before I destroy everything!?

MM

are you a careful person & fairly dextrous ?

nice sharp chisel works well for me but I guess you could score the steerer if clumsy

is there no lip to get a drift against?

Try a stanley knife blade hammered in between the race and the fork crown to get it moving. Remember to do each side

you can get a tool for about £18 …there really is no easy way but i think the above post is the moethod i would use …my local bike shop took mine off for a fiver

I’ve tried the above with a screw driver, I’ll try something thinner.

It’s marking the fork 🙁

I liberated a steel table knife from somewhere, perfect to get things started…

Well it’s off…if a bit marked!

Now, tips for seating it on the new fork?

MM

I paid a shop a fiver to remove and refit a crown race (as well as cut a fork down and fit a sfn)

Just easier 8)

I used stanley knife blades & patience.

i put all non-split crown-races in a vice, and split them with a hacksaw*. sometimes i do it at an angle (i have no idea if this helps in anyway).

no more impossible to fit/remove crown-race issues. (done this on 2 king headsets btw)

*do at owners risk – if it **** your headset, don’t come crying to me!

i put all non-split crown-races in a vice, and split them with a hacksaw

me too 😉