any tips for getting the Crown Race flush on the fork crown?

felix.london

Installing my new fork and the crown race is sitting about 5mm short of the fork crown

Any help would be appreciated

diy

A bit of plastic waste pipe and a mallet

felix.london

Yeah was thinking along those lines. Cheers

1mancity2

I usually use an old crown race and tap it down on top of the new one till its flush.

callow82

plastic waste pipe on steerer, slightly longer than steerer itself. Turn forks upside down and bash on ground until its on. Works for me anyway.

felix.london

bit of PVC pipe did it

Forks on and ooohhhhh my - what a difference a Reba makes! - literally looks, feels & rides like a new bike! very, very happy!

annoyingly two of the races are cracked so it's all coming off again at the weekend - swap the headset for something a little more beefy.

Cheers for the tips chaps!

1mancity2

Look for a headset with a split racer, what colour you after mates has a 1 1/8 hope headset going cheap, like new

bluechair84

Pipe? what? Just tighten it down on the fangle; is what I always do. So long as you loosen it again before setting it all tight.

ride_whenever

^^ and dent the races.

I tend to use the right tool, but in a pinch a good hoover pipe does the job pretty well.

felix.london

1mancity2 wrote:

Look for a headset with a split racer, what colour you after mates has a 1 1/8 hope headset going cheap, like new

Cheers - gonna chuck some €€'s at the LBS for once

bluechair84

ride_whenever wrote:

^^ and dent the races.

I tend to use the right tool, but in a pinch a good hoover pipe does the job pretty well.

Never happened so far

diy

felix.london wrote:

1mancity2 wrote:

Look for a headset with a split racer, what colour you after mates has a 1 1/8 hope headset going cheap, like new

Cheers - gonna chuck some €€'s at the LBS for once

Cane Creek S3 or S6 should fit your current cups if you are changing the set and don't want to replace the cups