Originally Posted by runway1

I have an FSA crank/bottom bracket that went in for a warrantee checkout for some squeaking (turned out to be the chain). Anyhow, when trying to remove the BB cups (16 point cup), I saw the tech use a 3' breaker bar and still could not budge it!! Wow!

Any ideas of how to get this thing off without cracking the darn frame? They must have been overtorqued when installed. The bike is ~700 miles, 10 weeks old, Scattante carbon frame. I'm thinking of upgrading the BB to Ultegra soon and would like the know that the BB can come off.

I was thinking of stabilizing the bike on the tires, on the floor. Setting the wrench parallel to the floor and then - WHACK! One good impact with a 5# dead blow. Thoughts?