crown race problem

Tobin

Bronze member
my crown race is stuck on my district fork. there is nothing to hammer onto it. its sitting completely flat on the fork and there is no gap for me to fit a screwdriver in. i just bought tilt forks and i want to put thatcrown race on them cause i dont have another crown race. is there any ways to take it off? pls reply asap
 

Tobin

Bronze member
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theres nothing to hammer on to. the screwdriver wont fit in there.

EDIT: im on my phone, sorry for the huge picture.
 

tyler_magro

UN1C0RN
oh man thats a tough one... idk how you would get it out without damaging the fork. Try a chisel if you have one?

I'd just get a new crown race. This is why I have a bag full of random headset parts lol
 

Tobin

Bronze member
god damn it. i dont have a new crown race. i literally just bought this one off a friend 2 days ago and put it on the district fork so i could rode while waiting for the tilt fork. why do scooter parts have to be so complicated.. so there is no way to fi it at all?
 

toddpickel

Steel Member
Put the tip of the screw driver at the point in between the race and the fork. Hammer it in, hopefully the screwdriver will jam in, at that point lift the crown race up by pushing the screwdriver down, rinse and repeat all the way around.
 

Anton

Silver Member
When this happened to me I ended up just hammering a flat head into the fork right before the crown race so I could get just a little bit of the screwdriver under the crown race and then I hammered the crown race out. It will damage the fork's but not it's durability.
 

Tobin

Bronze member
i might do that. or idek if it will work but i have a haro bmx bike i might be able to take the crown race from that
 

GrantWood

Bronze member
Take an ass load of pennies or the Canadian equivalent, then shove a knife and Pry it. (Thin one) Then it should come of a little. Shove a Penny in there and repeat with more pennies. (Stack em.) It works most of the time. Kinda tedious though, but it shouldn't take more then 10 minutes. Hopefully it will work.
 
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