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Old 11-01-12 | 10:42 AM
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HillRider
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Originally Posted by Chris Chicago
I have the tool needed to install a cartridge, but I have yet to remove a fixed cup and this one may be on there pretty tight. a new adventure either way
If you have a decent bench vise, you can clamp the flats on the fixed cup in the jaws and use the frame as your lever to unthread it, left-hand threads as you probably already know.

Otherwise, if you have, or can borrow, a commercial fixed cup wrench, look in the "Homemade Tools" thread for a description of some aids to keep it from slipping.
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