Re: [CR]Stuck adjustable cup

(Example: Component Manufacturers)

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:22:49 -0400
To: "Classicrendezvous" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Stuck adjustable cup
In-Reply-To: <BAY102-DAV13DF4935E60F1A856B3D4ECB430@phx.gbl>


At 09:57 AM 30/09/2008 -0700, Pat Moffat wrote:
>I recently traded for a Waterford Paramount, and I am unable to budge
>the adjustable cup. The lock ring came off after much coaxing, and it
>had some kind of gunk in the threads (locktite?). I thought about
>rigging up some kind of clamp to hold the pin wrench firmly against the
>cup so I could strike it with a hammer but I'm thinking it would shear
>the pins. I keep applying penetrating oil to the threads hoping to
>soften the gunk, but so far it hasn't helped.

Do you care if you damage the adjustable cup? If not, you could try a big pipe wrench on it. Have you (or can you) removed the fixed cup. If so, you could try the Sheldon Brown nut-and-bolt method on th adjustable cup, clamping the threaded end of the bolt in a bench vise.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada