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Old 03-07-14 | 03:57 PM
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cny-bikeman
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From: Syracuse, NY

Bikes: 2008 Novara Randonee - love it. Previous bikes:Motobecane Mirage, 1972 Moto Grand Jubilee (my fave), Jackson Rake 16, 1983 C'dale ST500.

Yes, just pop out the cups. I would not worry terribly about reinstall - not exactly a precision part. You can just take a dead blow hammer or hammer and block of woosd and gradually tap it in without causing problems. In 20 years of working on bikes (plus quite a few more when I was young) I never used a press on an Ashtabula. In the normal situation with the cranks off I put a block of wood accross the cup and then just hit the wood with a dead blow hammer.
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