Originally Posted by
onespeedbiker
Bianchigirll
You might be having visions of removing Italian fixed cups on your Bianchis
. Generally on old mountain bikes and most English BB for that matter I've never found it not to be as big of a deal as long as you have the right tools.
Since you only have about 3MM of purchase, the wrench can slip quite easily on stubborn cups.
I use the HCW-4 and the first time I used it, I had problems slipping on a tight cup. That rounds off the flats on the cup AND the tool.
I immediately picked up a couple different lengths of 8MM bolts, and a stack of washers.
I use one of my cartridge BB tools,a few washers and 1 of the bolts to hold the wrench snug against the cup. THEN I can give it a good rap with the 4 pound hammer if necessary.