That was the worst one I've ever seen. Guys winter bike and he rode every day, never maintained anything.

The bearings were literally falling out. I was actually able to remove the axle before removing the rest. I had to bolt the tool with big washers to the shell on the DS. Then a few days of PB blaster, heating up the shell, and still a 2 foot cheater on the breaker bar. I thought I was going to rip the threads right out of the shell. I was able to get the new one in to the rough threads but told him, "you will never get another new BB in here again". LBS wouldn't even touch it.

He stuck about $200 with my time into a Diamondback hybrid but really liked that bike and insisted on fixing it rather than spend $100 more on a comparable level new or lightly used hybrid. To each his own.

CV nuts get the Ingersoll 2130 impact on 110 psi. This was way harder.