jimmy katynski wrote:
> Alot of talk has been floating around about a good bb fixed cup
> removal tool. I have one made by Joe Bringheli of Parma Ohio. This is
> a very heavy duty tool and hasent seen a bb fixed cup it wasnt able to
> remove yet. There is a picture at
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Bringheli.
That one looks to be based on the VAR and Campy fixed cup tools and
should work just as well -- as long as your fixed cup is one of the
standard types for which the tool's jaw is designed. The problem with
these is that if you have an odd-ball cup (e.g. the fixed cup on my
Atala: http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/atala-fixed-cup.jpg), you're still
stuck, and so is the cup. :-(
I've tried valiantly to remove this cup, but it resists all my efforts.
I even made a Stein-type "squeeze" universal fixed cups tools (e.g.
http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cgi?id=743919165045&d=single&c=Tools&sc=Bottom%20Bracket&tc=Fixed%20Cup%20Removers&item_id=UB-BBCR)
but it was unable to grip tightly enough, even with a monster wrench and
bench-mounted vise. In desperation I took it to my LBS (the first time
in about 20 years I've let someone else work on one of my bikes!) and
they failed as well with heat/cold/monster wrenches, young, tough guys
pulling on them, etc. So there it sits, while the Italian thread Campy
BB I wanted to use gathers dust.