Thread: Bottom Bracket Preload???
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Old 11-02-17 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Yoyo2012
Hi. Is it possible to adjust the cup with the crank arm installed?do you use a special adjusting tool? My tool is Parktool hcw-4. Seems It could only adjust the cup with the crank arm removed.
And the common lockring tools seem also need the crank arms removed to work.
It depends. If the crankarm is far enough from the cup and the tool pins are short (I ground them off on mine) it's possible. For the lockring I use a modified channel lock pliers.
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