Crown race puller?

screwdriver, mallet, gentle tapping, and you can *usually* get it off
w/o damaging it.

Installation with a length of PVC pipe is highly recommended if you're
going for a true high-class job. :-D

David Damerell said:

I would like to know, please, if there is any good way to pull
headset crown races short of buying a crown race puller, which would
be rather tiresome for one headset's worth.

It isn't a puller but rather a pusher and the tool is relatively
inexpensive:

http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=50&item=RT%2D1

Jobst Brandt

David Damerell said:

I would like to know, please, if there is any good way to pull
headset crown races short of buying a crown race puller, which would
be rather tiresome for one headset's worth.

Oops, Park Tools was a bit misleading in that they show you a remover
for frame bearing races when you ask. You probably want a device that
looks more like this:

http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/1789

Actually, if you don't mind the race getting some mild blemishes, you
can beat it off the fork with a flat faced punch (drift pin) by
alternately driving the front and rear part from the underside.

Jobst Brandt

i create a DIY!
a walmart machete will "pull" the crown race.
heat the race till it smokes
insert machete edge bewteen race and fork seat
tap dull machete edge with wood block
move to opposite race side-repeat
then 90 (why no degrees on the keyboard?) repeat
then opposite then as necessary
then the race will work loose with vice grips after heating -more pull
than turn please to avaoid gaulling

uh-let the race cool following the machete work
spray/dribble with light lube-pcblaster is recommended but red finish
line unshaken is good
then turn-pull with vice grips.

What they all said plus - the fork may have two indentations to fit the tool
/ screwdriver / punch as a starting point to work it off. Once it moves a
bit it should come off easily by "rocking" it side to side with your tool of
choice. It shouldn't take a lot of force. Go easy, use patience.

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The rest, I've just wasted.

THE CHEAPER OR NEWER THE BIKE THE EASIER THE RACE WILL PRY OFF
japanese bikes made at $1/hr pre gang of 11? should be tight as a...

David Damerell said:

I would like to know, please, if there is any good way to pull headset
crown races short of buying a crown race puller, which would be rather
tiresome for one headset's worth.

I've had no problem getting the majority of them off using a bearing
splitter plate, a block of wood, and a hammer. Position the splitter
plate below the race, rest the plate on the open jaws of a big vise,
protect the end of the steer tube with a block of wood, and tap on the
wood with a mallet to drive the steerer through the race. As long as
there's an accessible shoulder to grip under the race, it works.
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a bearing splitter plate are two machetes bearing down on each
other-the machete costs 7 bucks and can be used to defend the camp
site-most folk turn white at the sight of a waved machete.

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THE CHEAPER OR NEWER THE BIKE THE EASIER THE RACE WILL PRY OFF
japanese bikes made at $1/hr pre gang of 11? should be tight as a...

Tight as a what?
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Quoted message said:

most folk turn white at the sight of a waved machete.

I don't.

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David Damerell said:

I would like to know, please, if there is any good way to pull headset
crown races short of buying a crown race puller, which would be rather
tiresome for one headset's worth.

Rubber mallet. "Tap" on the front, then back, to work it off the crown.

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_`\(,_ | certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to
(_)/ (_) | reality. -- Albert Einstein

Quoting <[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

David Damerell said:

I would like to know, please, if there is any good way to pull
headset crown races short of buying a crown race puller, which would
be rather tiresome for one headset's worth.

Oops, Park Tools was a bit misleading in that they show you a remover
for frame bearing races when you ask. You probably want a device that
looks more like this:
http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/1789

Well, now I'm confused. Having looked at these photographs, both of these
devices appear to remove the same thing from the frame. What I've got is
what is left over when a threaded headset has has everything screwed to
the fork unscrewed and the lower half of the lower bearing removed with
the fork.

Sheldon's bicycle glossary suggests I am confused about terminology; that
a "crown race" is what is left behind on the fork (next to the fork crown)
and that what I actually want to remove are the two frame bearing races
which are stuck to opposite ends of the head tube, and so the Park Tool
link depicts what I want. Is that correct?
--
David Damerell <[email hidden]> Distortion Field!
Today is Second Mania, January.

In article <[email hidden]>,

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

Quoted message said:

most folk turn white at the sight of a waved machete.

I don't.

JT

Well, 90% of people do. You're one of the talented tenth.

-RjC.

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"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

David Damerell said:

I would like to know, please, if there is any good way to pull
headset crown races short of buying a crown race puller, which would
be rather tiresome for one headset's worth.

It isn't a puller but rather a pusher and the tool is relatively
inexpensive:

http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=50&item=RT%2D1

Jobst Brandt

That's the inexpensive tool that removes the headset cups.

Unfortunately, he wants the expensive-looking tool that removes the
crown race from the fork:

http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=50&item=CRP%2D1

I think G Daniels has the best idea with his cheap-machete concept.

That, or this is one of those 10-minute jobs that may be worth paying a
shop rate for, at least if you're dealing with something vulnerable like
a carbon fork.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

David Damerell said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I would like to know, please, if there is any good way to pull
headset crown races short of buying a crown race puller, which would
be rather tiresome for one headset's worth.

This tool is for removing bearing races from the head tube of the
bicycle:

http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=50&item=RT%2D1

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Oops, Park Tools was a bit misleading in that they show you a
remover for frame bearing races when you ask. You probably want a
device that looks more like this:

This tool is for removing bearing race from the crown of the fork:

http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/1789

Quoted message said:

Well, now I'm confused. Having looked at these photographs, both of
these devices appear to remove the same thing from the frame. What
I've got is what is left over when a threaded headset has has
everything screwed to the fork unscrewed and the lower half of the
lower bearing removed with the fork.

The pages describe for what the tools are used but...

Quoted message said:

Sheldon's bicycle glossary suggests I am confused about terminology;
that a "crown race" is what is left behind on the fork (next to the
fork crown) and that what I actually want to remove are the two
frame bearing races which are stuck to opposite ends of the head
tube, and so the Park Tool link depicts what I want. Is that
correct?

Well that is what confused me so I listed both tools. Yes the fork
crown race is the head bearing race that is a press fit on the fork
crown at the base of the steertube.

Jobst Brandt

David Damerell said:

Well, now I'm confused. Having looked at these photographs, both of these
devices appear to remove the same thing from the frame. What I've got is
what is left over when a threaded headset has has everything screwed to
the fork unscrewed and the lower half of the lower bearing removed with
the fork.

Sheldon's bicycle glossary suggests I am confused about terminology; that
a "crown race" is what is left behind on the fork (next to the fork crown)
and that what I actually want to remove are the two frame bearing races
which are stuck to opposite ends of the head tube, and so the Park Tool
link depicts what I want. Is that correct?

I drift them out with a short length of good-sized copper pipe.

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_`\(,_ | of enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of
(_)/ (_) | them would reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare. The
internet has proven this not to be the case.

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:07:51 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

Quoted message said:

most folk turn white at the sight of a waved machete.

I don't.

JT

Well, 90% of people do. You're one of the talented tenth.

That's not why.

JT

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Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

Quoted message said:

most folk turn white at the sight of a waved machete.

I don't.

JT

Well, 90% of people do. You're one of the talented tenth.

-RjC.

He was making a joke (a pretty funny one, too).

Hint: it is a talent he was born with.