Why screw around? Pay somebody with a press $20 to remove it for ya'.

I agree r.e. the brass drift for INSTALLATION. For removal, you'll be there all day using brass. The old races are garbage anyway, so who cares if you slip? Beat the sucker out of there with the hardest, cleanest-edged STEEL drift in your box.

Jay.

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On the road, currently:
'83 300D (German spec.) 168k mi. - - Wolfgang (tucked snugly away for the winter!)
'87 300D 375k mi. - finally went over to "The Dark Side"
'87 300TD 225k mi.
Cannondale 66cm CAAD5 w/Campy/Jamis Aurora
Hujsak Custom Fixie/Landshark Track Shark Custom/Ahearne Custom 29'er