Help - replace headset

Anyone near E14 able to help replace a headset on my charge ? Thief managed to steal/lose/god knows almost all the parts to hold the ball bearings in.

Evans want £37.50 to fit one, which seems criminally expensive (on top of buying it from them!).

My lbs charge £25 to fit a headset and got me one for £15

I have since fitted one to another bike myself. As. Long as it doesn't need teaming or facing It's easy. I use a threaded steel rod with some large washers an nuts as a headset press.

i have a headset press you can borrow, but not the tool for removing one

dude, it's really easy to replace a headset.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoryphbNynM

ignore all the parts where it says use their specific tool and just use a hammer. To remove the old crown races I use a large allen key through the headtube and hammer it down.

for a bottle of beer i'll knock the cups out on monday or tuesday if you bring it down to cycle surgery in kensington

i made my headset press out of a legth of threaded steel, two fuck off great big washers and 2 nuggets of hardwood, works as well as any pro one and cost me about £3.50

also a piece of tube wider than your steerer for tapping on crown race and the alan key/anything down the inside to remove the old one.

piece of piss (i would offer a hand/do it but im in brixton,)

ohh right, didn't think about making one my self. I'll get the headset ordered in and then look into this.

Thanks, will let you all know how I get on

yeah. diy headset press is the way forward. make sure you use a few big washers at each end so it's strong enough (not just one).

i'd use a bit of hard wood as a drift for knocking out the cups/crown race. if you use something metal you run the risk of causing some damage. although if you're gonna chuck the old headset that's not so much of an issue.

There's an ironmongery near my work, going to see if they have some bronze bushings. Need to get the headset first, so I can make sure they will fit properly.

Bit like this one:

http://www.mindspring.com/~d.g1/headset.html

i don't think bronze bushings are essential.
mine was pretty much like this and did the job nicely. just do it slowly and keep it straight.

yup thats exactly like mine, except my washers are square and the inside large washers are piece of my mums old sewing machine!

That's the perfect diy set tool^^

for removal I use a cut off straight handlebar bar as a drift to remove the cups, work around the cup with smart blows. Job Done. also i keep a big magnet handy to save all the steel balls!

fantastic... I forgot to measure the forks etc... so will have to put off ordering headset till tomorrow. Need to make sure I get the right amount of spacers etc...