Headset locknut won't come off

I have a new frame which comes with a Tange headset, but the lock nut is so tight that I cannot twist it losse with force.

I have tried heating it up with a lighter, grease, even fixed a spanner against the floor and twist the fork, which result to have my right fist hitting the concrete (My room has concrete floor).

Has this ever happened to you? If so, how did you do it?

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I have tried heating it up with a lighter.

Ahhhhhh,,,that's hillarious.
That must be one hell of a lighter.

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I used one of these

https://www.kingsofhagley.co.uk/images/KCMCTORCH_MAIN.JPG

I stand corrected sir that thing is two feet tall .
Must burn the shit out of your creme brule though.

case closed, I did it by jamming a bar (with pads) between the fork, 1 friend to hold the tail, another on the stem, then applied my entire body weight to push the spanner.

Do you have a licence for that flame thrower sir?

Licence?? I live in 'Harknee WICK', which is run by gypsy!!

Honestly could you have gotten a bigger picture?

are you turning it anti-clockwise ? if it won't come off, junior hacksaw it off by sawing parallel to the stem. capiche ?

Honestly could you have gotten a bigger picture?

Fucking A! downloading that used up my months available download limit

Bight times!

FFS. To anyone considering it, do not take any of the douche-bag advice above. HTFU and use the proper tools. If you still can't do it, take it to a professional who won't have to to cover it in blood/mutter some incantation/smear goose-fat on it/cut it to bits with an angle-grinder to loosen it.

i am struggling with the same problem this evening. what, pray tell, are the proper tools, as my LBS is a good 25 mins in the car.

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I know the problem has been solved, but for future reference, I succeeded in removing the top cap of my headset by jamming it in the hinge bit of a door, pulling the door closed with all my strength, then sort of falling over onto the frame. Worked a treat, but the door is now fucked.

ah
its not the top lockring I'm stressing over. its a lockring (<--may be wrong term) that is on the fork. at the bottom of the headset
same difference?

hello alexm, you have my first name and the first letter of my surname, but i don't hold it against you.

What you have there is the crown race. Why do you want to remove this? It is an essential part of the headset assembly. Don't remove it unless you're replacing the headset, and therefore swapping out the crown race.

To remove it, simply invert the forks, get a hammer and a big screwdriver, and bang till it comes off.

Um, bang gently, that is, more like tap.

call that a photo? doesn't even fill up half a page

hello alexm, you have my first name and the first letter of my surname, but i don't hold it against you.

What you have there is the crown race. Why do you want to remove this? It is an essential part of the headset assembly. Don't remove it unless you're replacing the headset, and therefore swapping out the crown race.

To remove it, simply invert the forks, get a hammer and a big screwdriver, and bang till it comes off.

Um, bang gently, that is, more like tap.

cheers -
i'm changing the forks, keeping the headset,

+1 for the name

you'll need a magic tool that looks like the kind of shit that would make the hardest man talk and costs as much as a low emissions family car, and you got to set it back on straight. I recommend a bike shop.

it was just a question of maths in the end:

Electrickery = Meatballs x Cunning x Getting Hammered

I used to do all of my maths with a hammer at school.