How do I remove this bracket? w/ Pics
08-24-09, 06:44 PM
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How do I remove this bracket? w/ Pics
Hello,
I cannot figure out how to get this thing out. I have already hammered it very hard. Sorry for the blurry images.
Thanks in advance!
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I cannot figure out how to get this thing out. I have already hammered it very hard. Sorry for the blurry images.
Thanks in advance!
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08-24-09, 06:54 PM
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The short answer is it just unscrews from the frame. Counter clockwise on the left side of the bike, clockwise on the right side of the bike.
Bottom brackets have a reputation for seizing in the bottom bracket shell. That's probably what yours has done. To remove it non-destructively you need to find a way to put a LOT of torque into it. I doubt a pin wrench sized to fit into those two little dowel holes is going to do it.
If it was my bike I'd be looking for ways to drill and/or cut the bottom bracket apart.
Bottom brackets have a reputation for seizing in the bottom bracket shell. That's probably what yours has done. To remove it non-destructively you need to find a way to put a LOT of torque into it. I doubt a pin wrench sized to fit into those two little dowel holes is going to do it.
If it was my bike I'd be looking for ways to drill and/or cut the bottom bracket apart.
08-24-09, 06:55 PM
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you need a pin spanner tool. hopefully your pounding on the cap did not ruin the threads.
https://www.parktool.com/products/det...=25&item=SPA-1
https://www.parktool.com/products/det...=25&item=SPA-1
08-24-09, 07:24 PM
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Other way around. Left side: right threaded. Right side: left threaded. That's assuming the bike uses English threads.
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Use a lot of penetrating oil/rust breaker on the thing first. Let it sit with the cup vertical so that it goes into the threads.
You may be able to make a suitable pin spanner with some steel stock of the right size and a vise; bend the right-angle bends in the vise and then cut the ends off with a cutoff wheel or hacksaw.
You may be able to make a suitable pin spanner with some steel stock of the right size and a vise; bend the right-angle bends in the vise and then cut the ends off with a cutoff wheel or hacksaw.
