| Re: Installing a headset
Pat wrote:
> I want to eventually get a new 1 1/8" threadless headset for my
project
> mountain bike. When I asked about doing it myself at the LBS, the guy
told
> me I had to have a special tool to get the old one out and to press
the new
> one in. Is this right or can I manage to do it myself somehow?
>
The "right" way to install is with a press, either home made or
commercial, but you can tap them on pretty easily if you go slow. I use
a piece of hardwood and a hammer. If it was a really nice frame, I'd
have the LBS do it, but since it's a project bike give it a whack
yourself.
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