I have drawn up some plans to get some headset presses and shoch buching presses made up.
They would be £35 for the set ( a headset press and a shock bushing press)

The headset press is loosely based around the cyclus one and is good for 1 1/8″ and 1.5″ cups, the shock bushing press (for the du bushings) works to insert new and remove old du bushings.

I know you can do it with washers/sockets etc but these are made to measure.

Any interest? cruz.heckler@gmail.com

Ygm!

cool – need 9 more

YGM, sounds good.

Sounds interesting, any chance of pics/drawings?

only if you promise not to nick em!

Ha! I already have both tools but both have been knackered by mates borrowing them (you know who you are!) so replacements at this price would be great as long as they are a step up from the bolt and washer contraptions!

What size of bush are you making the tool for?

1/2″ fox

planning on making/drawing up some presses for pivot bearings etc also

can i have one please.
pm you

all emails fielded, 5 down – 5 to go

Set for me please.

BTW, how competative would these be against a TF bushing press @ £20?

About 30% cheaper

I have a cyclus headset press which is fine, but I could do with a set of 1.5″ adaptors to update it.

If you were doing just these adaptors then give me a shout please 😉

Adaptors for a cyclus headset press for push-fit bottom brackets please 🙂

Can you let me know the measurements of the stuff you require guys

YGM

1.5″ adaptors for cyclus headset press too please and can you send pics of both tools thanks.

Adaptors for a cyclus headset press for push-fit bottom brackets please

Interest for these here also

I already sell these shock bushing tools on ebay, they fit perfectly into your pocket and are self aligning, so no faffing!!! and I sell them for £8.50 if you come direct.

As well as packs of 10x DP4 bushes for £10 direct

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOX-SHOCK-BUSHING-TOOL-Fox-bush-tool-KaTec-bikes-/130522891945?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item1e63c546a9

How you doing cruzheckler 😀

Kaesae – not being rude but you stated when i asked about tools that your skills were not up to scratch yet.
Looking at your product – is teh larger part (RHS of picture) hollow?

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cruzheckler – Member
Kaesae – not being rude but you stated when i asked about tools that your skills were not up to scratch yet.
Looking at your product – is teh larger part (RHS of picture) hollow?

You were checking me out, so I put you off! fair is only fair after all 💡

I said I wouldn’t be doing it on mass, but I am developing tools, since you seem to feel you are far more capable at doing it than I am, let’s start a thread and see who comes up with the best idea’s

My skills are sufficient to create these tools, nothing much to it, although designs will differ in effectiveness, my tools work great 😀

I learn quickly and I have a keen mind, I have sold 20+ of the tools so far and have 4 riders testing them on all of my friends shocks. 4x tools + 40+ bushes, not too much to invest in the development of the shock tools.

It’s also good for the bike Karma which reduces crashes 8)

Since I haven’t had any complaints yet and a lot of good feedback I think I can machine these up easily enough 😉

Truth be told I don’t know how long it will take me to get used to the new tooling, so it’s hard to say when I will be able to make other tools,

from your email /\ last sunday

cruzheckler – Member

Truth be told I don’t know how long it will take me to get used to the new tooling, so it’s hard to say when I will be able to make other tools,

from your email /\ last sunday

Aah, always good to have private emails even if they are only partial ones, included in threads.

So you have access to a lathe and other facilities and thought you would check me out, or is it simply because I couldn’t do the tooling for you that you then decided to get access to said facilities!

BTW all – my presses and other tools will be manufatured using a CNC lathe so should be spot on measuremnt wise

OK then let’s see what you intend to do for the bearing puller/press, I for one would like to see the design 😀

Bearing puller/press will work in the same manner as the shock bush press. Nothing complex.

When ordering the buyer will need to state the bearig size so that the appropriate “blank” can be included to ensure that the bearing is pulled/pressed by the outer edge of the race not the inner.

Not a chance i will show you drawings as you obviously have the time/machinery to make copies.

Oh and if i add smilies does it make this non confrontational?? 8)

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Anyway – back on topic everybody.

I will investigate the prospect of making a press/puller for the pivot bearings on my heckler. If you wouldlike something similar for pivot bearings on your bike also, please could you email me with:
[*]Bike make/model
bearing size
Any issues with getting into the bearings/space to work in
Photo of bearing site [/*]

timmys: Adaptors for a cyclus headset press for push-fit bottom brackets please

Can you let me know the measurements of the stuff you require guys

I’m going to post this on the thread instead of emailing you in the hope that some one can confirm the measurements!

I don’t have callipers to measure things accurately but maybe you have a cyclus press already you (or someone else) can take the measurements from?

A = diameter of cyclus headset press shaft, seems to be around 16mm measured with a ruler.
B = needs to be diameter of a Hollowtech II crank spindle which by googling seems to be 24mm. Maybe a tiny bit smaller than the nominal value though so the bearing slip on/off without any hassle?
C = Not crucial but the size of the largest diameter of the cyclus presses would be about right which seems to be ~32mm

I’m really hoping someone can back me up with these details!

You can email me at tscalesATmacDOTcom if need be.

that should be no problem what so ever

cruzheckler – Member
that should be no problem what so ever

Would you need a minimum number of people to commit before going ahead? What timescale are we talking about here days or weeks? I’d definitely have a pair in case that wasn’t obvious!

weeks

why would you need a pair? surely 1 and the other side would be a blank plate?

cruzheckler when I said that I sold bushing tools and very kindly added a link 😉
you replied with kaesae not being rude but you stated when i asked about tools that your skills were not up to scratch yet.

Is that not confrontational ❓

This is a thread about tools and I am entitled to contribute to it 👿 👿 👿 am I not ❓

I wish you luck with your tools, I would have liked to have worked on developing them with you, since I already have several deisgns, but such is life.

I will look forward to seeing how well you do at it and as a sign of good will I will give you what ever dimensions you need from my cyclus headset press.

The other side of the press might not be sufficient in diameter to fit the bb cups without damaging them! you will need two and also for the headset press, as a 11/8th” will not fit!

With these kinds of tools you have two options, make the anchoring/stationary part of the tools larger than the diameter of the cups or make it the same shape as the cups so that it cannot damage them.

I have a cyclus headset press and a set of 1.5″ / 11/8th” headtube adapter that I use with my cyclus headset press for 1.5″ steerer tubes!

What dimensions do you need from the cyclus press?

A thread about tools – how ironic 😉

Kaesae i understand how they work mate, having used many varieties. I was suggesting that …… oh forget it. Just check your email instead of trying (and failing) to be clever

why would you need a pair? surely 1 and the other side would be a blank plate?

With a pair the press would definitely be aligned centrally through the bottom bracket shell so the bottom bracket would definitely going in straight. That’s how I see it anyway but I’m no engineer.