The Head Stem Bearing Seat

Hmm... I knocked the top bearing seat out with a few well placed taps with a large screwdriver, and a hammer. No problems. The bottom one? Different story. Gawwd. A quick google suggests that they are put in by heating the head tube, and freezing the bearing seat, to shrink the bearing, and expand the head tube. Voila!

How to remove? Brut force flogging was not happening. Prying wasn't either. I fashioned a special one off "Tool XYZ", bearing seat remover. Bashing the bejeezus out of it was still not budging it. Twas like it was welded in place!

Brother in law to the rescue. A loan of his awesome little Dremel rotary tool, with 2.5 cutting discs, a few incisions across the seat, a few well placed blows with "Tool XYZ" and PING! Out she came! Only took me a week and a bit to figure out how to get it out!

Lil' Dremel will come to much use now... gave the forks a once over with the polishing tool. Awesome. Gets in all the nooks and crannies. :) Perfect.

A few pics of the remnants.... and a lil' visitor I had to place back in his natural habitat after he landed on me whilst trying to remove ones steerer bearing seat.....

Thanks god for Mr Dremel. Bravo.