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[Closed] help-stuck bb cup

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Ok my fault-too mean to buy the right tool to remove the dead ISIS b/b from my Io so thought I'd have a go tapping the indents with screwdriver,molegrips etc..you get the picture. Sooo eventually got non-drive side out-drive side appears to be welded in + not much exposed alloy cup I can get at-getting bit worried if can't the thing out the frame's junked. How about riding the ****er with only the drive side cup in for a few miles? Is that likely to loosen it-any other ideas?


 
Posted : 13/04/2009 11:00 pm
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You have remembered one side is a reverse thread? Heat and penetrating fluid I doubt riding with only one cup in will losen it


 
Posted : 13/04/2009 11:03 pm
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just use the proper tool. even if it's seized you can cut alloy ones out OK


 
Posted : 13/04/2009 11:08 pm
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Don't know what tool you're using. For stuck squretapers i usually put a crank bolt through a penny washer and use this to hold the tool in place. Then get a long spanner and stand on it, that'll usually loosen it. For isis just use an penny washer at either end and a QR.


 
Posted : 13/04/2009 11:10 pm
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Err didn't actually use a tool at all ,ISIS bbs have such a poor rep + have Shimano on all the other bikes so didn't want to splash out for a tool I'd only ever use once.Just tapped the wee indentations round with screwdriver/rubber hammer,lots WD40 + big pair molegrips gripping the exposed bit of the cup.Worked ok on the other side but drive-side seriously chewed + worried running out of metal to get some purchase on. ( and yes-drive side reverse threaded so un-screwing is clock-wise)


 
Posted : 13/04/2009 11:22 pm