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    2. walton_jonez on

      That frame is in the process of becoming a piece of wall art my man. You know about the non standard threads of a bsa bottom bracket shell?

    3. No_Assistant_6337 on

      Just stop whatever you’re doing to the frame you love so much and take it to a professional. There is a very slim chance there are enough notches left on that shell to put a tool on. Heat/cold, good penetrating oil might help too. It’s it quite possibly galvanically frozen into the bb shell if that’s a steel frame.

    4. ReputationHoliday836 on

      Autoshop/machine shop or maybe a lbs could help. Anyplace with some good tools…

    6. BreakfastShart on

      Just curious:

      Did you first try with a proper BB tool?

      Did you try a pipe wrench after?

    7. brogit on

      There are ways to save it, but if you actually want to at this point, you need to take it to a professional and be prepared to pay for it. It’s going to be very time consuming and stressful and you should tip your mechanic afterwards if they succeed.

    8. Mechagouki1971 on

      Take it to a reputable bike shop. All is not lost, you just need aomeone who knows what they are doing. If you’re in Toronto by some strange coincidence I’d be happy to help you.

    9. Mission-Can1547 on

      What I do in my workshop in a situation like this: I feed a hacksaw through the bottom bracket and saw through the cups in 3 different locations. If you keep the saw level, then the cups will come out with ease, and you’ll cause minimum damage to the threading, and you’ll still be able to install a new bottom bracket once the threading has been re-cut.

      Now the cups look like they’re aluminium, so it’ll be easy to saw through. This trick doesn’t work on hardened steel.

      Edit: corrected spelling errors from auto correct

    10. Visible-Grass-8805 on

      I’d soak the bb in penetrating oil, clamp those cups in a bench vise and twist the frame.

    12. Sonofa-Milkman on

      You went to the angle grinder before grabbing a pipe wrench? You need to be able to install the new BB as well, so you may as well get the right tools now.

    17. Fantastic_Bird_5247 on

      There reverse thread, so using the correct tool abs rotating forward to loosen will make a huge difference!
      Best of luck getting them out now.

    20. JollyGeologist3957 on

      1. Google how to turn a BSA bottom bracket
      2. I would grab what is left of the BB cup with pliers and tap the pliers with a hammer.

    21. elcuydangerous on

      Time to go to the store and buy 3 six packs of beers. Bring those and the bike to your local bike shop and beg, ya done fucked up dog 

    23. TerranRepublic on

      Lol, did “everything you could think of” include using a bottom bracket tool (like a Park Tool BBT-9) + some penetrating oil?

      Looks like you got the angle grinder into the frame, I’m no expert but that looks cooked (long term it’s going to fracture because you’ve created a stress point)

    24. carjunkie94 on

      Should have stopped to think a little harder the moment an angle grinder came into mind.

      Brute force is rarely the solution. Sometimes it is, but usually you’re doing something very wrong.

    25. West_Mail4807 on

      Angle grinder 🤣

      Did at no point the thought that you don’t ever need to use an angle grinder in bicycle maintenance ever occur to you beforehand?

    27. hike2climb on

      Honestly think it’s over. It looks like you already went through part of the frame with the grinder. But only the shop that gets that out will be able to assess that.

    29. MountainSensei on

      You just need to keep trying new and novel persuasion devices. Just go wander the isles of Harbor Freight and think of all the possibilities and combo of tools you can destroy. Godspeed 🫡

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