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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Swivel on April 29, 2008, 02:50 PM
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Just had an Ammaco team pro frame arrive and it was unfortunately showing itself out of the box :( so a few prangs in delivery has squeezed in the headtube a bit. Does anyone have any tips to pull it out a bit to get a headset in there?
Cheers,
Matt :daumenhoch:
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That's not good mate.....was it not packaged up correctly? if not and you bought it off here or ebay then contact the seller and give em what for! >:(
as for getting the dinks out? not sure about that mate....but i'm sure everything is possible
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Rob, bought off here mate but by a good fella Chris (strikey). Told him already but I didn't want to trouble him really with it. Was delivered by DHL so hopefully Chris is covered but it may not come to that if I can find a way to just open up the headtube a bit.
Cheers,
Matt :daumenhoch:
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Bearing cups should push it back into shape if you use a bearing cup press to ease them in provided it's not totally fooked. How far out of shape is it and any pics to see how much damage there is?
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a headset press hass different sized presses on it, like a pyramid, but round layers instead of square. perhaps the pres without the headset would push it out a little.
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Its not totally fooked but enough to prevent me from wacking in the headset and trust me i've tried. Its perhaps squished in only a few mm or so... :(
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Its not totally fooked but enough to prevent me from wacking in the headset and trust me i've tried. Its perhaps squished in only a few mm or so... :(
Whereabouts are you, I have a headset race press like the one the Fruitster describes with staggered presses to fit different sized races, might help ;). I'm in Iver Heath, Bucks.
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Marty thanks mate but i'm in Epping Essex, blinking miles away :(
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try your local bike shop swivel, they'll have one and shouldn't really charge you to do it
but for fooks sake not Halfrauds as they'll just take a chissel to it! :shocked:
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had the same before mate , if its not too bad get a pair of pump pliers , put a rag in the tube, push the pump pliers in and open them up against your frame tube (gently ) in a levering action basically pulling the pliers apart and bobs your uncle.. job done, dont over do it or you,ll need a oval headset :D
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Have used a round bar before, levering from approx the middle of the head tube and rolling/pushing the dent out, again not too hard, this works best if the dent is at the front of the head tube. Bit of a bodge but worked in the past. The fatter the bar the better.