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Old 12-19-06 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by HillRider
I put together a home-made tool that does the same thing at negligable cost. It is a 5/8" bolt 4" long, a nut and two big washers. To use it:

1. Remove the adjustable cup, spindle and bearings. Then screw the adjustable cup back in several turns.

2. Put one washer on the bolt, feed it through the adjustable cup until it sticks out of the fixed cup, position the fixed cup wrench over the fixed cup, add a washer outside of the wrench and thread on the nut.
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Here's a link to Sheldon's illustrated page--this is what Hillrider is talking about:
http://sheldonbrown.com/tooltips/bbcups.html (scroll half way down)

This system works really well.
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