Hammering in my Headset

[DrewLari@gmail.com]

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDbrQePn5ng

I am working with a Cane Creek S1 headset and Razor pro model head tube. I have been hammering this in for roughly three of four hours ( no exaggeration). I pounded in the bottom cup and it slowly went it but now it just stopped like there might be something stopping it. I'm afraid that the little indentation inside the head tube might be stopping it. I really don't want to go to the bike shop because I don't have the money and the employees would just laugh at the sight of a scooter. I am using a regular hammer and some wooden stakes I found in my garage.

 

[Riley Hughes]

don't use wood, most of the energy from the hammer is lost through the wood. you should use some sort of metal that will dispurse the energy out (i put a sample 2 inches long of a steerer tube inside the cup where the bearings go and pounded on that and it went in alot better.)

 

[DavidCronin]

mine was like yours and i was like fuck this and put my fork/bars on and rode it, then it got pushed in

 

[DrewLari@gmail.com]

don't use wood, most of the energy from the hammer is lost through the wood. you should use some sort of metal that will dispurse the energy out (i put a sample 2 inches long of a steerer tube inside the cup where the bearings go and pounded on that and it went in alot better.)

I'll try this.

 

[Michael Rankin]

Grease helps a lot too.

 

[FIVEO]

If you take it to your local bike shop they have the press and can be done in 2 minutes if that...If there cool like mine they didn't even charge me..The right tool makes all the difference

 

[DrewLari@gmail.com]

If you take it to your local bike shop they have the press and can be done in 2 minutes if that...If there cool like mine they didn't even charge me..The right tool makes all the difference

I think I'm going to take it there and hopefully they wont charge me, I just bought grips and a headset from them the other day.

 

[Zaηe]

I remember someone talking about about Cane Creek s1's not going in.

 

[mmiloou]

grease the inside of the headtube and try a other day
sounds silly but i heard of people putting metal parts in the freezer so they shrink a tinee inee bit

 

[Ham.]

do you see the grooves in the top of the headtube? you have to file those

 

[DrewLari@gmail.com]

How do I file them? Can someone post a picture or video?