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Don't fancy splashing out on a proper tool when a couple of bits of PVC will do the trick.
I guess 40mm is the nearest/cleanest sizing I'm gonna get to 1.5"? Coupling necessary to seat over the race.
Ta
Cut a slot in the race instead?
Buy a Hope crown race instead 🙂
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232321145782
For a fiver, it's cheaper than the tool!
Result. Couldn't remember which one I had sitting around - turns out it's a Hope. Sorted. Ta.
I've installed a crown race with some piping but cut a slot in the bottom of the pipe, overlapped the pipe, used a ziptie to hold it to the right diameter then roughly filed the end so it was flush. Tapped it in with a rubber mallet. Super bodgy but it worked, used a similar method to knock in a hub spacer as well.
I use MDPE inserts for this job. I find them pretty robust, but still 'soft' enough not to mash things. Cheap, come in a range of sizes and are easily available from your local plumbers merchant / farm suppliers.
[quote=legend ]Cut a slot in the race instead?
That.
Unless it's [i]actually[/i] a Crown Race of course - and not a baseplate.