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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
Good point.
It's not too bad to remove/reinstall the race on your own though.
You can be really careful with a sharp flathead screwdriver or pound some utility knife blades in one by one with a hammer to pop the race off.
To put it on the new fork, there is a size of PVC pipe that fits perfectly. Tape it up a bunch one the end to keep it from disintegrating, and hammer the race down with the pipe. You might have to cut the pipe down a couple times as it gets bashed up.
Easier than pressing in a new headset without a press, but can be done with a threaded rod and a bunch of brass plumbing parts and washers.
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Oh yeah. It can be done without bike tools. The hard part (for me) was getting it started so that it goes straight down. Mine wasn't going down straight, it kind of took on a a bit of a skew; rather than risk mangling it, I just took it to MEC.
DIY for the rest of the headset wasn't bad (for me) though. There are enough resources on the web to figure things out and make your own tools for pressing the head tubes or installing the star nut in the fork.