The chain wheel side btb stripped out all the plastic nothing to grab onto there. I’m gonna try the other side. The tool fits deeper on the left side hopfule that’s good. Hope it turns or I’ll be up all night digging all that out of the bottom bracket. I’m going to get another BB at the used bike community shop tomorrow and it won’t have plastic prices!
by nachoazul
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Maybe you know this already, but it seems obligatory to mention it on any post about the drive-side of a bottom bracket being stripped out: the drive side of a bottom bracket is reverse threaded. Meaning, it loosens by turning to the right. Think: “righty-loosy” or “top-forward.”
Good luck! I hope you get it out. In some cases with those plastic BB cups if they start deforming, I’ve taken the tool and hit it gently with a mallet to try to get a little more purchase. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.