Thread: Stuck BB cup ( french )
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Old 02-22-16 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
The Stein tool only works if you have a wrench designed to fit the cup. If you have one of those odd-ball French octagonal cups, or (even worse) the cheap Italian 3-notch cups, you may not have a tool that the Stein attachment can work with.

VAR made a shop-quality fixed cup tool with different jaws to fit cups of various design (but not, AFAIK, the nasty Italian 3-notch version), but it was quite expensive, especially if you wanted the full set of jaws. The tool is still in production, but I think only one jaw type is offered now.
Yeah, several manufacturers made and/or still make traditional fixed cup tools. These work well, assuming you know which way to turn the threads... Older shops usually had a campy and a VAR. I should have said Stein or similar fixed cup tool.
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