At 07:53 AM 07/04/2007 -0400, Chuck Taylor wrote:
>The fixed cup however, looks like it requires a special tool. There are no
>flats, and other than the center hole through which the spindle passes, the
>only features are two pin-spanner sized holes on the outer cup face that are
>separated from each other by an angle of about 45 degrees, and positioned
>about midway between the inner spindle opening and the outer edge of the
>cup.
>
>I can get both prongs of a pin spanner into these little holes, but they are
>separated by an angle that is to narrow to apply effective torque to the
>cup. I'm thinking that there's a special tool with stout pins and a long
>lever that fits into both the spindle opening and the pin receivers.
Try a big nut and bolt through the spindle hole. Tightening it should loosen the cup, if it's LH thread. I've never had to use this method, but apparently it's effective.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada