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