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A screwdriver to get it in?? Or is this to remove?I use the long threaded bolt and plastic plates to squeeze them in and a hammer and long drift to remove.You could try a vice? Miami style??
I use an adjustable wrench. Drop the race on and then adjust the wrench so that it is the same width as your for steer tube. Then wack the race down using the wrench. The wrench obviously hits the race on both sides as opposed to one side at a time with a screwdriver. Works a treat.
Quote from: midschooljon on August 26, 2012, 08:47 PMI use an adjustable wrench. Drop the race on and then adjust the wrench so that it is the same width as your for steer tube. Then wack the race down using the wrench. The wrench obviously hits the race on both sides as opposed to one side at a time with a screwdriver. Works a treat. How do you apply enough force using this method? Do you use a hammer to hit the wrench?
Quote from: Devilock on August 26, 2012, 08:58 PMQuote from: midschooljon on August 26, 2012, 08:47 PMI use an adjustable wrench. Drop the race on and then adjust the wrench so that it is the same width as your for steer tube. Then wack the race down using the wrench. The wrench obviously hits the race on both sides as opposed to one side at a time with a screwdriver. Works a treat. How do you apply enough force using this method? Do you use a hammer to hit the wrench?It takes a lot less force then you think. Say for example the race is resting on the crown. I just slide the wrench up the steerer about 4 inches then wack it down on the race. On old bikes it normally goes on with a single hit. More stubborn ones take about 4 or 5 blows. Saying that my adjustable wrench is quite a large one, probably abut 12" long and fairly heavy.
Yep. That, or a big ole ring spanner that you then whack with a hammer.I've always just used hammer & punch myself though. I had (until it was stolen) a very large Snap On punch - around a foot long and quite substantial - which would get even the most stubborn races on with just a couple of taps.
A punch is like a big blunt chisel.
i would use another old crown race on top of the new one them tap it down-i fooked one up before using a flat screwdriver so wouldn't recommend that
I use some emery paper with oil on it to remove any paint/rust from the steerer tube and also the inside of the race.I then slide the race onto the steerer tube and the open up the jaws on my workmate so that the upper side of the race is sitting on surface of the workmate jaws, the fork legs are then facing upwards.I then use a Thor soft face hammer to whack the bottom of the steerer tube, normally one or two sharp hits are enough to drive the race on.I haven't tried the copper tube method but that sounds good as the copper is not hard enough to damage the race.
Grind the fooker out a bit to start, won't kill it