headset bearing ..

[pinarlusu]

i just bought a giant rincon frame 2007. it comes with cane creek ball bearing headset as shown below but the bearing is a bit worn, so i'm planning to change the headset without changing the cup (i can't be bother changing the cup because i dont have the tool) so can i just buy something like cane creek s-3 and use the cartridge bearing? or i have to use ball bearing for those cups?

 

[pinarlusu]

also i'm missing a crown race for the headset, will this headset bearing and crown race fit my cup? http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=44797

 

[jet-ski]

also i'm missing a crown race for the headset, will this headset bearing and crown race fit my cup? http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=44797

those cups look pretty worn, I'd replace the whole shebang. But I ain't the most experienced wrench out there so someone else might tell you different...

 

[T-Rex]

You can make a headset removal tool pretty easily. Get a piece of 1 inch steel pipe about 30cm long, put four slits in it about 15cm long with a hacksaw, fan the cut bits out a bit and you have a ghetto headset removal tool that works just as well as the pro tools.

 

[jaseh]

You will have to use ball bearings with those cups. Should be able to get them from your LBS for under $5.

that integrated headset you have linked to won't fit and either will the crown race from it, you need a external old style headset like this,http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=7388