Originally Posted by bostontrevor
Unless, of course, in the process of tightening the lockring, you also turn the adjustable cup a little too. You need to play with it all a little bit and figure out where you want the cup to end up so that tightening the ring will tighten it up but also put it outward...just so.
Isn't that why one typically uses a bottom braket pin spanner and the bb lockring tool when adjusting a bb? One to hold the adj cup in place; one to tighten the lockring?