Originally Posted by
pubcyclist
Slight setback getting the frame stripped and photographed, turns out the bottom bracket's plastic cup has perished its one of those *** sealed units with plastic cups both ends. The drive side is now pretty stuck, looks like I need to drill it out or blow torch it - so I'm holding off putting anything flammable on there like paint stripper lol
Drive side cup is left hand thread so crank to the right to loosen. I had a stuck one last week. The issue is the Shimano cups are shallow so the Park BB tool will come bouncing out. So I bought an 8mm X 1.00 pitch bolt, bolted the shimano tool to the bottom bracket, and used a 12" crescent wrench. No problema.