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Old 05-04-09 | 06:21 PM
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Have you tried the vice or the big ass bolt method of removing bottom bracket cups?

http://sheldonbrown.com/tooltips/bbcups.html

Originally Posted by trueno92

anyways, my miele project is going OKAY.. but i couldn't remove the drive side bottom bracket cap thing. i tried to hacksaw it down to size for my pipe wrench (the cap is like 3 mm too wide), but my saw didn't even scratch it. its like some hardened alloy or something.. I'll have to find:
1. bigger pipe wrench
or
2. bigger saw
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