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Jaypeg:
Afternoon , just got my frame back from getting painted and my head tube is caved in.
Anyone got a harmless, straight forward way of getting it back into shape?

Don't wont to ruin the paint job, cheers ..Jay.

Dannywhac:
Looks to me like that might have happened in the post (or at least after it's been painted)?

You can smack them out again, but I don't think you'd be able to do it without flaking off the paint around the dent - if it was in the post, I'd put a claim in on the courier/RM for the damage.

Jaypeg:
Yeah it was the couriers .I will try and tap it out. .. I have some spare paint to touch it up with and luckily a decal will cover it up.
Gutted though...

midschooljon:
Hate it when stuff like this happens. If possible try push it out from the good end using a pipe that fits snug in the headtube. Grease up the tube and use a wooden mallet to knock it through and out the other end.  Take your time though. If you simply wack it out with a punch you can distort the head tube and still not get the cup back in there.

Jaymz:
You could do with a cone drift to tap into it to maintain the shape

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