I keep a bearing cup, a large fender washer (or 2), an crank bolt, or crank nut (depending on the spindle) on hand. They all hold the fixed cup wrench in place and is a bit more refined than merziac’s method. I also remove the fixed cup first with this tool. I found that works better than doing the adjustable cup first.







Other items I use: A syringe and basting needle for injecting water under grips to slide them off. I also have a spoke with a sharpened tip as a pokey tool. As we say at my co-op, it’s for “poking stuff”. I also have empty Gatorade bottles that I use to clean chains. I put in mineral spirits, the chain, agitate for 30 seconds or so, and then fish out the chain. The chain comes out clean as a whistle.