Another job I've never done before today

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[gbb]

Perhaps like me, you're gifted with a pair of hands and the mindset to at least try MrPaul...you're right. most of its not rocket science.
Funny, those jobs you've never tried, or sometimes had to. I could strip a freewheel as a young teenager, there was little i wouldnt try even down to splitting and joining a chain with a hammer, a nut and a strong nail. Yet, i didnt learn how to adjust derailleurs until i was in my late 40s.
Every job you do is so satisfying.. whenever you learn to do it.

 

[Red Light]

[QUOTE 1521410"]
Changed a headset when I got home from work.

Honestly, this bike maintenance business is a piece of cake! And so satisfying...
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Well if you found pressing the headset cups in without an expensive headset press tool a piece of cake then chapeaux

 

[gb155]

[QUOTE 1521410"]Changed a headset when I got home from work.

Honestly, this bike maintenance business is a piece of cake! And so satisfying...[/quote]


+1 to the last line

 

[Andy_R]

Well if you found pressing the headset cups in without an expensive headset press tool a piece of cake then chapeaux

You can make one yourself for about £3 with bits and pieces from b&q and a few old 3/8" drive sockets. Gives almost as much satisfaction to make the tools to do the job as doing the job does....if that makes sense

 

[Red Light]

You can make one yourself for about £3 with bits and pieces from b&q and a few old 3/4" drive sockets. Gives almost as much satisfaction to make the tools to do the job as doing the job does....if that makes sense

You can but its a lot of faff to get it to press in square unless you have the proper tool.

 

[Andy_R]

You can but its a lot of faff to get it to press in square unless you have the proper tool.

nah..it's a doddle....first cup goes in with one socket with the same OD size as the steerer to act as a bush, and at the other end of your tool you have a socket the same OD size as the ID of your headtube. second cup goes in with both sockets the same OD size as the steerer. I use 3/8" drive sockets because the hole in the socket is a shade over 8mm which allow M8 threaded bar through without too much of a gap.

OD - outside diameter,ID - inside diameter, before anyone asks!

 

[gbb]

There is something even more satisfying about cobbling together the bits to do a job that do away with the need for special tools, but it does increase the risk somewhat.
Ive fitted more bearings in gearboxes, motors, conveyors, roller, you name it, than i can remember....but fitting the cartridge bearings in my Fulcrums...i managed to sprain the inner race by not supporting the bearing straight using threaded rod and washers, resulting in a knock as i spun the wheel.
Hey ho, just as well i had a spare, fitted perfectly the next time.

I love the 'can do, will do' mentality and finding a way round things almost as much as doing the job itself.

 

[Andy_R]

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M10 threaded rod and 2 nuts, 2 big nylon washers and 2 slightly smaller steel washers. The one side went straight in, the other a bit more fiddly but nothing complicated.
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Thats why I use the sockets, they keep eveything nicely lined up and centralised. You should see my fork crown race installer......a thing of beauty!

 

[fossyant]

Hammer and two blocks of wood - and patience and care. One cup at a time.

 

[Andy_R]

Hammer and two blocks of wood - and patience and care. One cup at a time.

Tea or coffee?