Thread: PSA: headset press $35ish

Nashbar headset press, $39:
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?s...TOKEN=90591953

Code "JUN10" for 10% off = around $35.

I bought one. After years of installing headsets with a block of wood and a mallet, I thought it might be time to actually get the right tool for the job.

Damn. Too bad it won't work with 1.5

while its nowhere near as nice, you can make your own headset press by going to home depot and buying a peice of threaded rod, a handful of steel washers the right diameter, and a few jamnuts.

probably 10$ in materials.

Originally Posted by pechelman

while its nowhere near as nice, you can make your own headset press by going to home depot and buying a peice of threaded rod, a handful of steel washers the right diameter, and a few jamnuts.

probably 10$ in materials.

It sounds great in theory but I've never gotten a headset to seat properly that way. Seems like you'd need a piece of threaded rod 1 1/8 diameter to keep it centered.

I've had more success with a rubber mallet than with that system. I did use it to finally seat the cups tightly once in though. Before I got a headset press that is..

did you stack up the washers so that it made a nice seat inside the bearing cups to keep everything square when pressing?

kinda like what you said about needing a 1 1/8" diameter rod, but instead just using the OD of the washer and then using a few jamnuts to hold everything together nice and tight on one end.

press one in first, then flip it over and do the other side.

sorry if that doesnt make much sense.

*sigh*
If only I had gone with a regular headset instead or my damn steelset.

Originally Posted by pechelman

did you stack up the washers so that it made a nice seat inside the bearing cups to keep everything square when pressing?

kinda like what you said about needing a 1 1/8" diameter rod, but instead just using the OD of the washer and then using a few jamnuts to hold everything together nice and tight on one end.

press one in first, then flip it over and do the other side.

sorry if that doesnt make much sense.

I had something similar to that but the washers would bind up against the cup sleeves. I got too frustrated with the setup but I guess I could have gotten something that worked with a little more tenacity on my part.

I just bought the right tool though

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Seems like you'd need a piece of threaded rod 1 1/8 diameter to keep it centered.

wood dowel with a hole in it.

Originally Posted by Vicious

Damn. Too bad it won't work with 1.5

Possible to make an adapter with large washers?

Originally Posted by cj001f

wood dowel with a hole in it.

The idea of me trying to drill a straight centered hole down a dowel rod with no drill press or lathe makes me laugh.

Originally Posted by kidwoo

The idea of me trying to drill a straight centered hole down a dowel rod with no drill press or lathe makes me laugh.

me too

since youd want to use a lathe

or you could just wrap a shit ton of tape around it

moral here, kidwoo sucks

Originally Posted by kidwoo

The idea of me trying to drill a straight centered hole down a dowel rod with no drill press or lathe makes me laugh.

the idea that it'd need to be that exact makes me laugh.

Originally Posted by cj001f

the idea that it'd need to be that exact makes me laugh.

Oh yeah, well your face makes me laugh.

So say you've got a crooked hole running the length of the dowel (or I misunderstood how a long a piece you meant.....I'm thinking the length of the headtube)

That would cause your big washers to be misaligned when pressing the cups in and increase the chances of starting the cups in crooked. The threaded rod wouldn't be centered.

kidwoo, youre fighting a losing battle.

dont you have something better to do, like go make us another DJ video like you did a couple weeks ago?

Yeah whatever......I own a headset press now


neener neener

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Yeah whatever......I own a headset press now


neener neener

Me too. What everyone else is describing sounds painfully slow and time consuming. I like instant satisfaction and gratification.

Originally Posted by crashnburn'd

Me too. What everyone else is describing sounds painfully slow and time consuming. I like instant satisfaction and gratification.

If done like pechelman described, it's a piece of cake.

Originally Posted by bagtagley

If done like pechelman described, it's a piece of cake.

But I can't buy those things at the bike shop.

That is why I love Chris King, a hammer and a flat head and it sides right in...[/ducking for cover].

Originally Posted by bagtagley

If done like pechelman described, it's a piece of cake.

and not much different than the park tools "home" headset press, except it's not charge the bikeshop overhead

kidwoo - doesn't need be more than an inch or so long.

Originally Posted by cj001f

kidwoo - doesn't need be more than an inch or so long.

I've been telling my GF that for years.


But I have a headset press now


So rather than admit the shortcomings of my inferior system I tried for so long, I'm going to keep saying 'neener neener' to all you guys coming up with better home made systems than mine.


neener neener

wookid -- you should really get a headset press. It might make your life alot easier. I hear that they sell those things now. just fyi.

Jun85 = 20% off today only.

deals.

1 Nashbar Headset Press
1 Nashbar Metal Ruler
2 Hutchinson Excel Blue Road Tire 20
1 Nashbar Toe Warmers S/M
1 Nashbar Stitched Leather Grip BK
1 Nashbar Steerer Tube Cutting Guide
1 Nashbar Toe Warmers L/XL


all shipped to canada for under $110.

Originally Posted by mntlion

deals.

1 Nashbar Headset Press
1 Nashbar Metal Ruler
2 Hutchinson Excel Blue Road Tire 20
1 Nashbar Toe Warmers S/M
1 Nashbar Stitched Leather Grip BK
1 Nashbar Steerer Tube Cutting Guide
1 Nashbar Toe Warmers L/XL


all shipped to canada for under $110.

You should just go ahead and add this to your order.