installing CK headset with home made press

Hi

I read that Chris King has a special tool that he claims is "required
to install a CK headset. I am building up my first bike, and I want t
make my own headset press as detailed on several web pages. Do I need t
do anything special to install a CK headset

Thanks


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A shy person wrote:

I read that Chris King has a special tool that he claims is "required"
to install a CK headset. I am building up my first bike, and I want to
make my own headset press as detailed on several web pages. Do I need to
do anything special to install a CK headset?

I'm not normally a big believer in the need for special tools, but in
the case of Chris King headsets, I strongly advise having it done by a
shop that has the special tools.

Steel headsets can often be installed with a mallet, but due to the
construction of the Chris King, it really does require a precision
fitting tool to install without damage.

Sheldon "Sometimes You Need The Special Tool" Brown
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A shy person wrote:

I read that Chris King has a special tool that he claims is "required"
to install a CK headset. I am building up my first bike, and I want to
make my own headset press as detailed on several web pages. Do I need to
do anything special to install a CK headset?

I'm not normally a big believer in the need for special tools, but in
the case of Chris King headsets, I strongly advise having it done by a
shop that has the special tools.

Steel headsets can often be installed with a mallet, but due to the
construction of the Chris King, it really does require a precision
fitting tool to install without damage.

Sheldon "Sometimes You Need The Special Tool" Brown
+------------------------------------+
| Immigrants are not our burden, |
| They are our wealth --Jane Adams |
+------------------------------------+
Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com

santa wrote:
Hi,
I read that Chris King has a special tool that he claims is "required"
to install a CK headset. I am building up my first bike, and I want to
make my own headset press as detailed on several web pages. Do I need to
do anything special to install a CK headset?
Thanks.


No, not at all. You don't need a special tool. All you need is a headse
press. Chris King does make one, but for years people have installed th
cups of the King headsets with a normal headset press before King eve
came out with their special tool


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santa wrote:
Hi,
I read that Chris King has a special tool that he claims is "required"
to install a CK headset. I am building up my first bike, and I want to
make my own headset press as detailed on several web pages. Do I need to
do anything special to install a CK headset?
Thanks.


No, not at all. You don't need a special tool. All you need is a headse
press. Chris King does make one, but for years people have installed th
cups of the King headsets with a normal headset press before King eve
came out with their special tool


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santa wrote:
Hi,

I read that Chris King has a special tool that he claims is "required"
to install a CK headset. I am building up my first bike, and I want to
make my own headset press as detailed on several web pages. Do I need to
do anything special to install a CK headset?

Thanks.

My LBS installed my CK using a mallet and screwdriver. It took him about
30 minutes to remove the original headset and replace it with the CK. Of
course using a headset press is better but not necessary. CK headsets
are really tough headsets.

Kenny Lee

santa wrote:
Hi,

I read that Chris King has a special tool that he claims is "required"
to install a CK headset. I am building up my first bike, and I want to
make my own headset press as detailed on several web pages. Do I need to
do anything special to install a CK headset?

Thanks.

My LBS installed my CK using a mallet and screwdriver. It took him about
30 minutes to remove the original headset and replace it with the CK. Of
course using a headset press is better but not necessary. CK headsets
are really tough headsets.

Kenny Lee

Do I need to do anything special to install a CK headset

Last time I checked, it looked to me like Chris King sold headset pres
"adapters", which allow some of the more industry common headset presse
to better fit the specific dimensions/construction of CK headsets. Ther
weren't outrageously expensive, and could possibly be used with wit
threaded rod, but..

I machined a couple of my own from 2" Aluminum bar stock that cente
radially on the headset bearing ID with a very slight loose fit, an
provide a step with a larger OD so the seating force gets applied to th
cup OD (rather than the bearing) when the nuts on the 3/8" x 1
allthread rod I use are screwed together. I've done about 6 that way
and haven't encountered any problems

It would probably take a whole lot of scrounging, and possibly filein
to come up with the right combination of standard "fender washers" t
accomplish the same thing safely, but I suppose it could be done i
they were "stacked". I'm not sure CKs are any more fragile o
difficult to install properly than other headsets, but the fear facto
associated with the potential cost of screwingup begs for a carefu
and gentle approach

Joh


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Do I need to do anything special to install a CK headset

Last time I checked, it looked to me like Chris King sold headset pres
"adapters", which allow some of the more industry common headset presse
to better fit the specific dimensions/construction of CK headsets. Ther
weren't outrageously expensive, and could possibly be used with wit
threaded rod, but..

I machined a couple of my own from 2" Aluminum bar stock that cente
radially on the headset bearing ID with a very slight loose fit, an
provide a step with a larger OD so the seating force gets applied to th
cup OD (rather than the bearing) when the nuts on the 3/8" x 1
allthread rod I use are screwed together. I've done about 6 that way
and haven't encountered any problems

It would probably take a whole lot of scrounging, and possibly filein
to come up with the right combination of standard "fender washers" t
accomplish the same thing safely, but I suppose it could be done i
they were "stacked". I'm not sure CKs are any more fragile o
difficult to install properly than other headsets, but the fear facto
associated with the potential cost of screwingup begs for a carefu
and gentle approach

Joh


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santa typed:
Hi,

I read that Chris King has a special tool that he claims is "required"
to install a CK headset. I am building up my first bike, and I want to
make my own headset press as detailed on several web pages. Do I need
to do anything special to install a CK headset?

Thanks.

I'm with Sheldon on this one.

http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg...&c=Tools&sc=He
adset&tc=Press%20Adaptors&item_id=KG-CA18

They are $30 bucks. They center the press and distribute the load to the
outside rim of the CK headset. A normal press will put pressure on the
inner race of the CK bearings possibly damaging them. You could use these
with a threaded rod type homemade press.

Mike