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Old 05-25-06 | 11:05 AM
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Bikes: Converted 1997 Trek Singletrack 930 singlespeed and a Kona Lavadome singlespeed, fixed Dahon folding bike, fixed 27" Miyata road bike, early 70's Raleigh Chopper

Originally Posted by james_swift
The bottom bracket appears to be seized in the bottom bracket shell. Liberal soakings in WD-40 and persistent banging on the wrench with a hammer to try to crack the lockring free have been futile.
I had the same problem with my BB on my normal sized fixed conversion. I assume you've tried an extension bar such as a long piece of pipe at the end of your wrench? That always seems to help me with seized/hard to loosen bolts and such.

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