Quoth Doug Van Cleve:
>I picked up a parts donar bike to build up the Silk Hope I get through Dale
>and it has some kind of splined BB that appears to be original. It doesn't
>use the current Shimano splined tool and doesn't look like Phil Wood
>either. I can't find my Phil BB tools, but I recall them being sort of
>rounded/scalloped and this one has thin square notches more like a Shimano.
>Any ideas on what it might be and what kind of tool will remove it?
That sounds like a Shimano "Selecta" setup,
See: http://sheldonbrown.com/
To remove the cups, you use an old style Shimano "Boss" freewheel puller.
See: http://harriscyclery.net/
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