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Old 04-28-07 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by noahjz
Wow I had a viciously tight fixed cup which I couldn't begin to budge without the wrench flying all over the place. Frustration mounted quickly but before it could really hit its peak i looked on bikeforums.net and saw HillRider's suggestion for the home-made tool. It worked! Amazingly well. AWESOME!!! THANKS!
+1 on Hillrider's suggestion! I apologize for confusing it with Sheldon's idea, back in December. I think Hillrider's idea is actually even better, because although Sheldon's concept works very well, I have destroyed a fixed cup with it. That was a double-wall cup, with a recessed area for a seal--the pressure from Sheldon's removal tool crushed the double wall. Hillrider's idea would have allowed me to use an external wrench on the flats and get enough torque to remove the cup safely. He's right, there are commercially-made tools which do the same thing, but his invention works just as well.
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