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Old 12-10-17 | 08:55 AM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

Judging by the rusty, dirty appearance of that bottom bracket and the fact it's a "nutted" spindle, it's a low quality bottom bracket to begin with and now in very poor condition. I recommend removing and discarding it and replacing it with a suitable cartridge like a Shimano BB-UN54 or BB-UN55 in the right spindle length.

Apparently you have been able to remove the non-drive side lockring and adjustable cup. You will have to remove the drive-side fixed cup and that's almost always a lot tighter and requires a different special tool unless you can improvise. It might be worth the few dollars to have an LBS remove it. Remember the drive side is LEFT-hand threaded.
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