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dordymush:
i use an old hand chopper.........not a bike lol.
nice and thin and its heavy enough to knock it on nicely.

Jazzchimp:
Get a piece of copper pipe (15mm plumbing stuff), push the ring on tap it down using a hammer and the pipe. The copper is so soft it won't damage the ring, failing that light taps with the hammer will work but take real care cos that's the race for the bearings!!!

sonic-1:
heat ring cool the fork  it will slip strait on no tapping required

brettnai:

All sorted!
Cheers guys!

Just promise me you wont tell the missis what happened to the hoover!

Really appreciate your help!

SaMAlex:
If youve got a big bench vice, open the jaws up so they are just wider than the steerer tube. Then get the bottom bearing race started so it kinda holds in place. Hold the forks upside down with one fork leg in each hand. Hold the forks with the upside down steerer tube hovering inside the vice jaws. Then SMASH the forks down into the vice, so the bearing race hits the top of the jaws. Repeat till the race is all the way down, rotating your angle of attack such that the race sits flat.

This method tends to scratch the outside of the steerer tube, often marks the bearing race surface, and sometimes leads to a cracked bearing race which means you gotta buy a whole new headset.

OK, dont do it this way, but it is the way I fitted the last one I had to do (sorry to my 24" pitchforks!)  :crazy2:

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