Andy - can I borrow...

Andy,

Have mislaid your phone number, otherwise I'd ring you (my mobile is in someone else's car).

Could I ask a favour of you? Can I borrow your fork-fitting tools over the weekend please? Ideally, if you've got them, I'd like the whole she-bang:
- star nut tool
- crown race jammer-on-er
- headset press (if you have one, not too important if you don't as the cups don't _strictly_ need replacing).
- headset cup remover (again, if you have one)
- hacksaw, saw guide - if you have them.. I have a small one (and a junior saw - boom boom!)
- penis pump

Whatever you've got really! In return I'll ply you with beer.

Cheers buddy,
Tom (now the proud owner of some Reba SLs).

Remember, measure TWICE, cut once!

I've called Corleys/Roy Pinks to pre-warn them that someone will be in over the weekend with forks/star fangle nut/crown race etc in hand!

No that I’m doubting your ability of course!!!

I’ve been there last year:

Tried to fit the crown race (admittedly I didn’t have the correct tool). Took the forks/crown race to Pinks who did it in about 27 seconds!

Went home, cut the steerer (twice cos I was too cautious the first time) with a hacksaw and it looked a right mess!! Place some tape around the steerer where you’ll be cutting as this will keep the blade in the right place.

Tried to fit the SFN and after 1 hour of grunting and sweating and 1 mangled SFN I returned to Pinks. They fitted the SFN in about 24 seconds and commented that it looked like I’d chewed the end of the steerer!!! They have a cutting tool that could have done the job neat and tidy in about 23 seconds.

So I spent several hours in the garage trying to do it and several minutes and £10 in Roy Pinks – no prizes for guessing what I’d do next time!

Good luck.

Guys pop down to B & Q/focus/homebase go to the plumbing section and buy a pipe cutter.

You can pick one up for under a fiver and they make cutting
steerer tubes a walk in the park.

Ps I own a headset press should anyone ever wish to borrow one.

LG

Little Gav wrote:Guys pop down to B & Q/focus/homebase go to the plumbing section and buy a pipe cutter.

Yeah... I tried one of these once before, but it seems they're more designed for squidgy copper piping, not hardened aluminium. Cutting wheel resembled a daisy before I got through the steerer tube.

Maybe I just got the wrong one though!

Anyway, have had second thoughts and think I'll get a shop to do it!

Tom

I didn't put you off did I?

No not you Jase - I made an arse of it!

No prizes for those who guessed that would happen!

Ignore these clowns Tom of course you can I'll txt you anyhow.

As with all tools the better the quality the better the results.

The trick with a pipe cutter is to go slowly, little turns and take your
time.

Gav, I might take you up on the headset press matie.

Is it a homemade job with a bit of threaded bar and a metal bar or is it a 'proper job'?

Ta