Help Needed

[deeco]

how do you remove a headset i need to switch one from my onza to my zhi

[Alex Dark]

I use an old aluminium seat post...insert it down the headtube, and gently tap the headset cup out. Remember to tap all the way around the circumference of the headset in order to avoid getting the headset angled and thus running the risk of flaring the tube The larger the diameter of post/tube, the more material will be in contact with the headset cup.

[Twitch-119]

Or you could get a Rocket, from tarty if your that worried about it http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?pr...;category_id=31 bit expensive and to be honest i just used a screw driver and rubber mallet, not hammer. But if you use my method like the above comment make sure you go all round, then it just pops out. Twitch

[Matt Burrows]

Or you could get a Rocket, from tarty if your that worried about it http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?pr...;category_id=31 bit expensive and to be honest i just used a screw driver and rubber mallet, not hammer. But if you use my method like the above comment make sure you go all round, then it just pops out. Twitch

Those are the WORST possible tools to use! You should use a hammer to pass on the shock, you will need a much larger force using a rubber mallet. And using a sharp steel tool to knock a thin and soft aluminium cup isn't wise. Just a round piece of tube or anything that isn't going to dig in like a screwdriver, old seatpost is ideal like Alex said.

[konstant]

Those are the WORST possible tools to use!

I'm guessing it would make four large gouges inside the headtube, right?

[Twitch-119]

oh, well i have never used them just a suggestion, hammer and flatblade it is then! Twitch

[Matt Burrows]

Damn you guys are quick to reply

I posted before I finished typing and had to re-edit! Those rocket tools on Tarty are perfect and make life a million times easier

[Revolver]

I have a rocket which is missing a prong, but it's still easier than a hammer and screwdriver.

[Twitch-119]

Those are the WORST possible tools to use! You should use a hammer to pass on the shock, you will need a much larger force using a rubber mallet. And using a sharp steel tool to knock a thin and soft aluminium cup isn't wise. Just a round piece of tube or anything that isn't going to dig in like a screwdriver, old seatpost is ideal like Alex said.

The cups were fine a few scratches on em' here and there, and a rubber mallet worked fine, have you tried it with my method before?

[Matt Burrows]

Well done, I could kill a cow with a spoon for my next meal but that doesn't mean its the best method