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Title: help please
Post by: brad on July 15, 2007, 11:45 AM

I have just got a tane 125 lp for my pk ripper loop tail and it does not fit  is this right ??? what can i do apart from scream :uglystupid2:

Title: Re: help please
Post by: theRuler on July 15, 2007, 01:09 PM

which bit doesn't fit?

Title: Re: help please
Post by: the_cyclops on July 15, 2007, 03:00 PM

Quote from: brad on July 15, 2007, 11:45 AM

I have just got a tane 125 lp for my pk ripper loop tail and it does not fit  is this right ??? what can i do apart from scream :uglystupid2:

Big Hammer

Two blocks of wood

Bang

Bang

Done  ;D

Title: Re: help please
Post by: theRuler on July 15, 2007, 03:01 PM

get this guy to help

(http://superherouniverse.com/clip/marvel/thor.jpg)

Title: Re: help please
Post by: animal on July 16, 2007, 12:01 AM

Just had the same problem, Feeze the cups then put the frame headstock in boiling water , then use plenty of wood and hammers.

Title: Re: help please
Post by: brad on July 16, 2007, 08:04 PM

thanks you lot i will do that it the cup that dont fit... i :knuppel2: slap it will a hammer

Title: Re: help please
Post by: adenough on July 17, 2007, 03:34 PM

take it to any tin pot engineering company ( there everywhere) bung em a drink, n get one of the lads to press them in on their fly press, itl take bout 3 mins  , and wont damage anythin :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: help please
Post by: brad on July 17, 2007, 08:09 PM

it wont split the alu frame ????? because i  :'( then i  :2gunsfiring_v1: him

Title: Re: help please
Post by: jT Racing on July 17, 2007, 11:55 PM

bit of wd and use a drift, no direct hammering on cups.

Title: Re: help please
Post by: theRuler on July 18, 2007, 10:07 AM

the cup would collapse before the frame split.

Title: Re: help please
Post by: muttley on July 18, 2007, 11:12 AM

Or just do what i do and take it into a bike shop (not Halfwits) and get it done properly  ;)

Title: Re: help please
Post by: jT Racing on July 18, 2007, 10:48 PM

some person(i forget who) made their own press out of drilled wood, threaded bar, washers and nuts, tighten with spanner and hey presto.

Title: Re: help please
Post by: theRuler on July 23, 2007, 01:54 AM

lol
building bikes is easy
no need to go to halfords

Title: Re: help please
Post by: Bob_Acid on July 23, 2007, 01:59 AM

i know how you feel, i've just had to fit these headsets to two of my bikes and only managed to finish the job on one of them. You need a headset press.

Title: Re: help please
Post by: theRuler on July 23, 2007, 02:01 AM

you could get away with 2 blocks of wood, some allthread (sell it at b and q) and big washers though?