I think I stated in my first posting, I do have a VAR, but even hammering on the end of the VAR lever bar, the cup won't budge.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
<fred_rednor@yahoo.com>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:48 PM Subject: RE: [CR]Stuck bb cup
> I have heard of some really crazy ideas about removing fixed cups from
> bottom brackets, I keep wondering why all of you just don't go out and buy
> either a Var, KingsBridge, Silva, or Campy BB fixed cup press and be done
> with it?
>
> The Var is the most versatile since you can get it with several reversible
> dies that will fit most if not all of the manufactured BB cups in
> production. The Var tool is available from Mel Pinto Imports in Annandale,
> VA. The Kingsbridge tool can be bought from Performance tools in Yonkers,
> NY. The Silva tool can be bought from Joe Bringhelli Tools in Berea, Ohio
> and the Campy tool can be acquired from any of the Bicycle tool retailers
> out there.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter Koskinen
> Chapel Hill, NC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of jerrymoos
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:49 PM
> To: Fred Rafael Rednor; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Stuck bb cup
>
> Haven't got it unstuck but haven't destroyed it either. Still trying to
> find some Kroil locally.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Stuck bb cup
>
>
> > > ...give a twist in the CORRECT direction...
> > Isn't how this discussion started - trying to determine the
> > correct direction? What seems to have become lost as this
> > discussion progressed is that it began with the suggestion that
> > perhaps there was not always a good way to distinguish between
> > French and Swiss threaded fixed cups. So one needs to exercise
> > some care and restraint.
> > So to whomever wrote the original message (was it Jerry
> > Moos?), I hope you managed to finally get your Peugeot's BB
> > unstuck without destroying the frame.
> > Bon soir,
> > Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> >
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