A long block of wood with just the right sized hole drilled through it works great for installing the lower head set race onto a fork. I use a big woodworking C clamp to delicately press it down. The bike shop near me doesn't open until 2 PM, and he scratched my derailer.
Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
> Wow - so many replys and ideas - thank you all. I ended up making a
> makeshift tool with a bolt, nut and appropriate washers all used to hold my
> cheap park tool in place. Then gave it a medium bonk with a plastic covered
> dead blow hammer and out they came. One was all rusty inside and the other
> had some film on the threads. Yes - I eas turning them the correct way, but
> thank you all for pointing that out just in case! I'll be buying a tool for
> future removals as I love tools as much as bikes.
>
> Eric Elman
> Winter's back again in Somers, CT