i had a hard time with that too. in fact, my left cup is still hanging on the crank arm which is still atached to the spindle. but i went in full demo mode and stopped caring. i had to resort to drilling and sawing. but my cups are in good shape. if... IF i have to use the old cups, which i don't wanna, they're still in good shape.

i'll keep you in my thoughts when it comes time to try and take that fixed cup off...