
trying to remove my bottom bracket. Got one side loose but the drive side is so tight it won’t come loose! What do I do?
trying to remove my bottom bracket. Got one side loose but the drive side is so tight it won’t come loose! What do I do?
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by Perfect-Buddy6872
10 Comments
Are you turning it the right way? Not trying to be an asshole but I’ve done that before.
Leverage thermal expansion. Pour boiling water over the shell, then give it a go.
Pour some boiling water over the bottom bracket shell of the frame. Has worked for me in the past
More leverage is the answer. That is why you buy the socket style tool…
Slide a longer pipe over the handle of that tool. Need more leverage.
Lube that fucking new one, going back in.
Whack that wrench with a mallet/dead blow to bust that cup loose
UPDATE: I got it loose by using a rubber mallet and smacking the shit out of it
If you have a long pipe, put it over the wrench. Creates a ton of leverage
Be stronger