headset bearing cup

[neil]

just been trying to fit the lower headset cup and it aint having none of it,its an odyssey dynatron and have to say its possibly the worst designed headset ive seen any ideas on how to get it in....my first thought is to just shot it in the bin and get a beartrap 2

[Chromo Buzz]

If you have access to a wood vice with a block of hard wood at either end to protect the cups, use that to get even pressure on the cup's
Or get a piece of threaded bar with two flat pieces of metal( one either side of each cup) then tighten up the nut's evenly..........hope this is of help to ya

[Taipan]

Have you tried a bigger Hammer! 


on a serious note..........pressing them in is the best way

[Gary72]

Has the frame been repainted/powdered or rechromed? It's not a mini frame is it? Some had smaller dia tubes, like roadbikes.

[neil]

unfortuneatly ive got neither ..have been on the phone trying to suss it out its basically a very weird design ... round 2 tomorrow

[neil]

its a cruiser

[Gary72]

It's not been dropped on it's headtube and out of round?

[doctor-46]

i've always found they need hitting just a little harder than you think it needs!
lump of wood under other end of head tube, square up the cup, thin plank of wood on top and a good sharp whack should sort it. 

[pkripster]

there crap really i had one  couldnt work out how it went even till  i striped another frAME dump it try an beartrap two tioga much simpler

[Gish]

i always use a hammer to bray my cups in, it never fails 

[kidretro]

You could try shrinking the cup by placing it in the freezer for a few hours, once fitted it will expand again to it original size.

[Glynnyboy]

It is a weird design. I put  one on my haro pro series, nothing wrong with them but if one hadn't already been on a robinson i bought the year previous i wouldn't have had a clue how to fit it tbh.
I just remember thinking ......That doesn't quite work out how you think it should.

It was tight as a nats chuff getting it out of the robbo and by the time i got the haro i had a vice then. ( it's all easy then)