Re: [CR]The knurled headset tool?

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:06:18 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]The knurled headset tool?
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tarik saleh wrote:
> CR'ers
>
> I have at least one on topic and lots of off topic
> bikes that have the knurly headset adjustable race.
> What the heck is the "right" tool for the job? Channel
> locks mediated with an old innertube is no longer
> satisfying. I have one HS that is stuck on there good
> and is presumably too nice to munge up and I have
> probably 4-5 old schwinns that are simlarly knurl
> afflicted.
>
> There has to be a Schwinn approved knurled hs wrench,
> no?

Here's what you need (VAR #78; bottom of the page):

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/var/pages/var0021.html

I'm not sure if they're still made or sold, though.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA