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  • fitting a headset without a headset press??
  • renton
    Free Member

    ive got a new headset to fit to my bike but havent got the use of a press.

    whats the best way of doing it without knackering the thing!!

    cheers

    steve

    brant
    Free Member

    Large lump of wood. Smack. Done.

    sv
    Full Member

    M10 or M12 bolt & nut plus some BIG washers and hey presto one headset press. I picked washers that fitted inside the cups so there was less slippage. Went in quite easily.

    simonfbarnes
    Free Member

    bench vice

    Swiftacular
    Free Member

    Ive always used a copper/hide mallet, commonly known as a “nammer”.

    kimbers
    Full Member

    bit of wood and hammer takes about 5 mins

    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    Heat the frame with hot water and freeze the cups. Makes it all go in easier

    If you use the hammer method I prefer to support ther frame on my leg so you are working aginst the inertia of the frame rather than hitting it into the floor.

    I prefer the home made press out of threaded bar and washers. Just make sure it goes in straight

    renton
    Free Member

    cheers for that brant , its actually going into an inbred !!

    therealhoops
    Free Member

    bit of M8/M10 studding and some appropriate nuts’n’washers

    easy life

    naokfreek
    Free Member

    Rubber mallet, very easy.

    brant
    Free Member

    Heat the frame with hot water and freeze the cups. Makes it all go in easier

    Not much point in freezing the cups. The temperature change is relatively little, but I suppose it all helps.

    I use Kitt’s rubber hammer, personally. Unless I can’t find that, then I use the block of wood.

    DezB
    Free Member

    I used some wood and a g-clamp.

    renton
    Free Member

    Job done!

    cheers

    steve

    Gooner
    Free Member

    which method did you use?

    renton
    Free Member

    Hammer and block of wood!!

    Bish Bash Bosh

    alpin
    Free Member

    find some washers that fit snuggly into the cups. slowly tighten making sure the cup go in evenly/straight. i’ve used a series of washers as i found if only using one between the cup and bolt the washer tended to mis-shape.

    cost about 1.50 and a bit more precise than a hammer.

    juan
    Free Member

    I used a vice and some wood went in all smooth

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