ultimateweevil – Member
I wouldn’t try the DIY route personally as you could ruin the frame if you fit it incorrectly and the cost of a headset press doesn’t make it worth it unless you change your frames all the time.
At least if you make a mistake, it’s your mistake and you aren’t dealing with issues as a result of gorilla handed Saturday job kid in the shop 😉
I prefer to know the job was done properly and to correct torques/spec/etc. Rare I’ll mess it up, but I do take a long time to do it as I triple check any work I do to make sure I’m doing it right. Also the tools I have are suited for my kit, rather than some shops that may be used to particular kit, yours is slightly different and they make do/bodge with what they’ve got, or end up having to order in parts or tools at extra cost and delay.
Headset press can be obtained cheap enough. Think mine was not much more than the fitting costs being quoted here and I’ve used it a couple of times now in 5 years for headsets, once to replace a headset, another when I was building up a new frame. Plus have used it to press hub bearings a few times too.