Originally Posted by
HillRider
+1 I made a clamp from a long 5/8" bolt, nut and a couple of big washers to hold the fixed cup wrench firmly in place while removing the fixed cup back when I worked on cup-and-cone bbs with some regularity.
All the recommendations above are valid, especially not removing it unless necessary. I removed the fixed cup, first time, last year, and would not have been able to do it without a special tool, functioning exactly the same as described, locking the wrench onto the flats. Don't skip this step! That cup is designed to be
tight!
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