A quick favour?

Has anybody got a headset cup remover and / or a press that i can use for 10 mins in the Chester / North Wales area any time this week. Can drop you a few quid / beer / karma etc in return.

Cheers
🙂

Phil

Cup remover = large screwdriver and hammer (I use an old seatpost as it doesn't have the sharp edges of a screwdriver)

Headset press = mallet and block of wood.

I've done ti, alu and carbon frames with the above method. All worked fine.

(I took my time and was careful!)

that method is not ideal if you have a decent headset 🙄

bike shop will do it for about £10 surely??

if not thats day light robbery.

i was thinking about making some head set removers and selling them on for £20….

Cheers Jfeb – would rather not risk using the hammer and block of wood method in case i **** it up.

"that method is not ideal if you have a decent headset"

Not sure why not. I can imagine knocking out a fancy-pants headset cup might mark the cups slightly. Knocking them back in again with a mallet+wood should be fine. I can't believe a CK / Hope etc is softer or more delicate than the common or garden FSA etc headsets I have fitted.

But as an alternative, your LBS should be able to remove and refit for a nominal sum (free up to a tenner).

£23.50 😯

£23.50 for an LBS to do it?

You need to change LBS!

yep deffo a new LBS!!

head to b&q and build your own press for about £7

threaded bar (Also know as stud bar)
2 massive washers to fit over the cups
2 nuts to go on the threaded bar

shaun

also the seat post idea is very good!!

Headset remover = cut and flared piece of copper pipe
Headset press = large vice = hammer + wood = piece of threaded bar with big washers and nuts on

Yay – managed to persuade the other LBS to do it for a tenner.

Thought £23.50 was taking the piss, the cheeky barstewards