Idea's for fitting a crown race without the proper tool

[paddlingpool]

Hi All,

Looking for Idea's for fitting a crown race (1 1/4) onto a fork without the proper tool.
Want to do a nice job so using the screwdriver method is out.

Cheers

 

[MiniNinjaRob]

See if a piece of plastic plumbing pipe will fit over, use the proper installation tool or a hammer and a block of wood. All worked ok for me.

 

[jax13]

chunk of decent hardwood and a hammer does the trick (took one off myself yesterday with a lump of oak)

fitting should be easier than removal as your not working against 18 years of grime holding it in!

 

[Void(EN12-82)]

Carefully tapping round the race until it's seated with a flathead screwdriver (a big one) always works for me.

Void

 

[ishaw]

Large spanner, use the ring end rather than the open end and gently tap with a hammer.

If anyone has a way of removing one without the correct tool or damaging the race and fork, feel free to enlighten us.

 

[uno-speedo]

plumbers pipe with a cap on one end.

 

[Lysander]

I use a tube from an extinct Henry Hoover, tape over the plastic end bit to pad it a bit, rubber mallet- BOSH!

 

[IDB1]

Bash mine on with a rubber mallet. . .

Remove with an old carving knife and rubber mallet

 

[Stick Legs]

I use an old headset cup covered in leccy tape, turned upside down, and a length of scaffold tube, then just slide the scffold tube onto the old cup and it pops on a treat, bit like a slide hammer.

 

[uno-speedo]

if you want to remove the headset race and the fork allows you to, you can use a punch and a hammer. just go easy on it.