Originally Posted by
torob
Campag, thanks kindly for the advice. I'll give it another go this weekend with a bit more hammertime. Here's the tool I'm using, which sounds like what you've described above:
Shimano BB 86 Bottom Bracket Remove Install Tool KIT | eBay
No use for the bearings once popped out, thanks. I'm replacing the installed RaceFace x-type bb (Shimano-compatible) with a GXP press-fit bb for use with a SRAM crank.
Thanks again
Yup...that tool will work. Don't be afraid of a good hard wack with the hammer provide the opposite side of the BB is adequately supported on a surface than won't mar the BB edge.
Do you have a link for the bushing/bearings you are going to use as replacement?