I've done a stupid Chris King thing HELP ME

well my nothread set arrived today, and i went to install the crown race, tiny amount of grease on it and it slides down the forks and on to the fat bit then stops, all is good so far i get my crown race press (read piece of pipe with rubber hot gleued to one end), and give it a whack... nothing, another whack.... nothing. ok maybe i need to sand down the fork crown a little.... go to take it off, and cant pull it off... well now im stuck i cant get the crown race cup up or down... i cant get my screw driver at an angel to whack it back up.... so what now

i have a rubber mallet, a small hammer, and a big hammer a screwdriver, and a piece of wood. and the pipe.... what do i do now

also i noticed a tiny little scratch on the top of the forks it looks like its only in the clear coat, its about 1.5-2mm long, and not any wider then a hair... should i send the forks back. they are profile crabon ones.

don't some forks take a slightly different crown race size?

I thought I saw something about this oddity somewhere..

as for getting the bugger off..

if you cant get a screwdriver underneath it, maybe you can fashion a kind of slide hammer by getting something hook shaped under it and hitting the other end of the hook shaped thing in an upwards manner.

if janartamean.

i might be able to shove my block of wood under the crown race cup, and that whack that upwise is that what you mean?

he's really done it this time...

i know... this is why i should stick to cheep stuff and a hammer as my only bike tool

chris crash i might be able to shove my block of wood under the crown race cup, and that whack that upwise is that what you mean?

well if it isn't going to damage the fork, give it a go!

scott not scot besides....i think 'crabon' has a tougher shell than 'carbon'...:)

he's a dab hand at this, if he hits it in the right plaice he'll not be floundering around.

upwise board thing didnt work... should i move on to a bigger hammer?

yess got it off.... brute force+carbon fiber=?

i just did.... more grease and try again.... but now i know how to get it off.

Are they full carbon forks or does it have alu steerer?

im not making the carbon, im forcing the crownrace cup of my headset onto it...

more grese didnt work, so do i use emery cloth to make the crown race smller, or a bigger hammer?

No power tools!

so.... um should i sent the forks back?

before doing anything drastic, have you tried using your teeth?

i ment about the scratch.... head set i can fix... with my teath

ok good stuff... now i cut my thumb.... stupid day

go to a shop borrow a crown race puller

i can get it off now.... on is the problem area...

sand it down a bit, more grease, hammer harder

just to make sure...are you actually aware that the headtube for chris king has to be faced EVENLY and PROPERLY bottom and top for the headset to work????? becasue most of the headset have the open ended race which positions the steerer right in the middle.....chris king doesnot have it.......so i recommned every chris king installation .....experienced bike shop........take care

yeah i went ot read the instructions and decied that i dont have the tools to break something this pricy and i'm off to the LBS.

good call:-)

i know a boy who was rotafixing his phil wood hub and mixed up the direction and fukked some of his lockring thread...on a brand new fukken phil wood hub.....:-).....still works though....

1. think twice before you mess up with expensive shit
   
2. no fear now...oh shit later:-)
   
3. no-brakes ,no problem;-):-)