BB Bearing Cups, Which Way To Unscrew?

[World Tour]

Hey folks,
I'm disassambling a bottom bracket bearing/shaft assy. for the first time, the threaded kind with removable crank arms, not the one piece crank.

Sitting on the bike, the left side unscrewed normally, left-loosen. But the bearing cup (name?) on the right side is really tight. Which way does it unscrew?

[bbwolfy]

it should unscrew lefthand . what kind of bike ,how old , and steel cup /alum frame? you may also need to warm it up. I have a small butane torch that i use but a propane torch can used with care to free it up.I have had one that would not budge and just left it in and serviced from the left side.

[World Tour]

Wolfy, thanks! Great tips.

Part of this is for the experience and the other part (main goal) is to use the whole assy. in another bike.

[World Tour]

Oops, sorry, it appears to be a very old bike, a girl's ten-speed, steel frame, steel bearing cup. I have to get one of those two-pronged spanner wrenches I guess. I beat on it pretty hard and think I budged it almost 1/2" (left-loosen). But it's friggin' tight. I soaked it with oil last night. Will give another go soon. Just wanted to make sure I was turning it in the correct direction.

[Wil Davis]

Italian BBs are threaded different to English - the LH side has a RH-thread (both Italian & English), but the RH (chain-wheel) side is RH-thread (Italian) and LH-thread (English)…

- Wil

[World Tour]

Thanks for opining you guys. It turned out to be, Left side = normal, ccw left-loosen, Right side = odd, cw right-loosen, go figure. It doesn't look Chinese, it looks like it was a nice bike in it's time. I took everything off it and tossed the frame. I need the crankshaft (name) for my Labent by Ladue that'll be here soon. I still have to find another crankshaft too, it's got two.

[bbwolfy]

sorry I pointed you in the wrong direction . . Good luck with your labent.

[World Tour]

It takes a real man to apologize. Thanks. Nobody's prefect hehehe.