Old 05-25-13 | 10:33 AM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

Hollowtech II external bearings require their own specific installation/removal tool. Park and Shimano both make them and neither are very expensive. Octalink bottom brackets (aka HollowTech, no II) use the same splined installation/removal tool as Shimano's older square taper UNXX series of cartridges.

Self-extracting bolts have been around for decades but only remove the crank arms from the bottom bracket spindle and work on square taper, Octalink and ISIS cranks. You still need a specific tool or tools to remove the bottom bracket itself.
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