Schwinn Cruiser 1988 Wine Red

[Mickeyspinn]

Now I'm going to spank you all very soon

I have used a proper hammer, no luck, I used the mallet for a bit because clingy clingy ouchie earsies, I returned to using the proper skullbasher but you see lads problem is probably that my shitty headset basher thingy seems to be too soft so when I pound it hard, it pops out, instead of the headset cups

Now I have removed very seized cups before, and I tend to go more and more brute force as the cups refuse to budge, my problem seems to be the tools, not lack of force. What's the best type of piping to make one?

It's a cheapy tool then....I know woz will get all wobbly about it but resort to the wrong/right tool instead then. Keep moving it around ....it will go.
I personally think you'll be waiting a long time for a 1" Kona fork in the right size steerer with the right amount thread to appear....it's the fork everyone will be after too! And I'd expect a lot of the long steerer ones were chopped about for 1" ahead set ups a long time ago!
Get that headset out....world of forks will be your oyster!

 

[Imlach]

I'm about to buy the park tool rt 1 to see if that'll be any better than the one I've got, the one I got cost me about 20 euro, the park tool will cost 50.

 

[Woz]

Now I'm going to spank you all very soon

I have used a proper hammer, no luck, I used the mallet for a bit because clingy clingy ouchie earsies, I returned to using the proper skullbasher but you see lads problem is probably that my shitty headset basher thingy seems to be too soft so when I pound it hard, it pops out, instead of the headset cups

Now I have removed very seized cups before, and I tend to go more and more brute force as the cups refuse to budge, my problem seems to be the tools, not lack of force. What's the best type of piping to make one?

Unbelievable.

I've never had a "seized" headset cup. Almost every time, just secure the bike properly, leather gloves, fairly large hammer and the removal tool and it's out in one firm decisive blow.

Check that the "legs" on the removal tool are splayed and springy enough, and are really flat at the bottom - file them flat if necessary.

Energy is not going to the cups for some reason.

If you have a solid hard steel drift punch or thick walled round tube it would work considerably better than a screwdriver.

 

[Imlach]

Unbelievable.

I've never had a "seized" headset cup. Almost every time, just secure the bike properly, leather gloves, fairly large hammer and the removal tool and it's out in one firm decisive blow.

Check that the "legs" on the removal tool are splayed and springy enough, and are really flat at the bottom - file them flat if necessary.

Energy is not going to the cups for some reason.

If you have a solid hard steel drift punch or thick walled round tube it would work considerably better than a screwdriver.

Looks like cheap shite

Shall I try to file it flat?

Or just get the rt 1?

 

[Woz]

Think mine is a Icetoolz one and looks about the same as yours. Not the best, needed some tweaking but it works.

 

[Imlach]

Think mine is a Icetoolz one and looks about the same as yours. Not the best, needed some tweaking but it works.

Woz, I just filed the fucker and guess what

 

[Imlach]

 

[Woz]

Looks like cheap shite

Shall I try to file it flat?

Or just get the rt 1?

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That looks suspect. Shouldn't be any rounded edges!

When it's closed up it should sit straight and perfectly flat on the cup and be tight into the head-tube.

 

[Imlach]

Caliper time

 

[Woz]

12.19mm according to calipers @Mickeyspinn

? .... that's one mother of a skinny headset diameter, head-tube and fork column.

I get these bike have an easy life on the sea front on the flat surrounded by girls wearing bikinis but that is ridiculous.