Stupid question, but before I start blindly pounding away, can someone confirm that this (the silver ring) is actually one of the steering races, and not part of the frame?
http://i.imgur.com/aHm60.jpg
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Thanks G-Man.
The top race eventually came off with some significant pounding, but the damned bottom race wouldn't budge at all. I spent the better part of a day trying to pound it out with no luck. I eventually ended up going to home depot and picking up some supplies for a couple of dollars to make my own removal tool.
I took some pictures of the process an uploaded them to this album: http://imgur.com/a/j80LM
I'm sure there's better (and safer) ways of doing this, but for $4 worth in parts, I think it worked pretty well.
The top race eventually came off with some significant pounding, but the damned bottom race wouldn't budge at all. I spent the better part of a day trying to pound it out with no luck. I eventually ended up going to home depot and picking up some supplies for a couple of dollars to make my own removal tool.
I took some pictures of the process an uploaded them to this album: http://imgur.com/a/j80LM
I'm sure there's better (and safer) ways of doing this, but for $4 worth in parts, I think it worked pretty well.