[Closed] headset cup removal

I use an old seatpost; hacksaw four slots down about 2-3 inches, then bend the strips out to flare it out a bit, insert 'narrow' end up into the tube, then the strips spring out and rest on top of the cup itself. Hammer- bosh!

You can buy a special tool which is essentially this.

if it really is stuck cut it out with a hacksaw blade.

thanks Fred.. worked a treat.. 🙂

Well there you go. Elfin in 'actually being helpful for a change' shocker. 🙂

yunki - Member

(I have just been out bashing away furiously in the shed but to no avail)

been meaning to ask the workshop guys to knock up something similar, didn't think about using a seatpost, nice one elfin

And do you know what? I've bloody lost the one I made. 😥

fred has it right - I use a length of B&Qs finest steel tubing that's long enough for me to hold the frame while I stand and hit the other end of the tube on the ground. Saves bracing the frame against anything too solid & risking denting it

Perhaps you should be working on the bike instead. Har har har!

I was bashing away at it for ages but nothing would come out of the end.. 😕

The proper tool is well worth it, makes it so easy

or a bloody great screwdriver

or a chisel 🙂

Yup the flared tubing thing does the job. HOWEVER, do not do it barefooted with one of you holding the frame and the other smacking the tube to get the cups out. When the cup does come out and the end of tube flies into your toe it really, really hurts. I had to go for one of those strange hobbly walks whilst swearing profusely

So you were bashing the tube profusely to get something to come out of the end & when it eventually worked. This happened -

I had to go for one of those strange hobbly walks whilst swearing profusely