help please!!!

[markyp]

well ive finally got my arse round to building my kuwi kz but am having a few teething problems!firstly i cant get the headset cups out of another bike to use on this(they aint shifting for love nor money)and secondly and more importantantly just realised that the seat post tube is crimped slightly and the darn seat post wont go in!i should have really checked before i sent it to sbd so now im left with the question how am i gonna get it in without stripping the gold off of the fluted seat post and without buggering up the powder?!!ive put the post in the freezer to see if it will shrink enough to fit!!!also where the powder coat is quite thick  the seat clamp wont go on either,double whammy!!!!!help please!!!!!!!! (dont worry about the headset,ive got another on its way!)

[Bushwacked]

You thought about a bit of heat to help out?

I managed to get a Crown race on some forks recently by heating it up and it slipped on a dream - obviously you are looking at doing the opposite.

[JT71]

just sand out in the inside of the seat tube dude, that'll be cool.

don't use a second hand headset anyway, go buy a new one then sand out the frame where it's painted and if your cups are tight going in then put em in a freezer over night and use a rubber/wooden mallet to get them in.

[markyp]

good advice by both me thinks.school boy error on my part!!guess this happens alot??will post the pics when i finally finish,the f&f were sat on my dining room table for a month as an ornament,and i finally know how to post pics,at last!!!

[donnydresser]

that what makes our hobby so cool  :2funny:stick with it mate

[mileyboy]

I put bottom bracket cups and a headset into my KZ1 this morning-the headset was ok-except it's too deep-it's a hatta kongo sealed , so that will have to be changed-I took the dremel to the outside face of the bb bearing cups and basicly sanded them down and gave the bottom bracket a quick whizz over as well-beware sparks will fly on this so cover the frame with a plastic sheet then cut out a bottom bracket sized hole-then grease it up and hit the cnut hard!