Re: [CR]help removing Brampton bb fixed cup please

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Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:51:32 -0400
From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]help removing Brampton bb fixed cup please
To: "Chuck Taylor" <phatswag@comcast.net>, "'classic rendezvous'" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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There also is a tool that goes through the hole the spindle sits and grabs the cup from both the inside and the out side and the more you twist it the tighter it gets. I have one here if you want to come on over I will pull it. Do it on a Friday night and you can have a beer with your repair. Steven Willis The Bike Stand 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Taylor
To: 'classic rendezvous'
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 7:53 AM
Subject: [CR]help removing Brampton bb fixed cup please



> Hi Everybody,
> I'd like to remove the fixed cup from my Drysdale. I have no idea as to
> whether the bottom bracket is original, but the bike is pre-WW2. I'm
> assuming that the brand of the bb is Brampton, because the spindle is
> marked
> thusly. The adjustable cup is the usual lockring and pin spanner
> arrangement.
>
> 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.
>
> Any advice on removal would be most hepful.
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck Taylor
> Scituate, MA USA