Re: [CR]Tricks for removing Fixed cup?

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
References: <20051208012802.83345.qmail@web30904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4397A9DE.3050609@new.rr.com> <6.2.3.4.0.20051207221509.04e229b8@pop.earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Tricks for removing Fixed cup?
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:54:14 -0800
reply-type=response

Much too difficult and tricky, boys.

Put your nice flat tool on the cup and gentlly clamp it in a nice handy on the bench vise. This will hold he whole shootin' match together. While it's nice and snug as a bug in the vise, tap gently with a mallet or whatever, and the cup should come off nicely without too much if any damage to the tool.

Remember to back off on the vise tension to compensate, just like on a skewer when removing a cluster. If it doesn't come off fairly quickly, some tines hitting it tighter will budge it a little to loosen or crack the cup / thread tension and then it will back off easier.

It shouldn't mar the cup as the cup, I think,is a little harder than the tool.

Be careful you don't hit any part of the down tube or chainstays on the vise base or sides. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, CA


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Stonich
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Tricks for removing Fixed cup?



>
>>Dale B. Phelps wrote:
>> > It's been in there forever, you know what I mean, for 35 years (the
>> > frame sn indicates 1970.) easy. And to top it off, its campi, so I
>> > don't wanna bugger the thing up. And its Italian, AND the frame is
>> > chrome. OK, given those variables, whats a schlubb to do to actually
>> > remove the thing??
>
> At 12/7/2005 09:34 PM -0600, John Thompson wrote:
>>The best way is to use the official Campagnolo fixed cup remover -- not
>>the cheap stamped combination fixed cup/pedal wrench, but the industrial
>>tool that comes with the Campy tool case.
>
> Dale,
> Those pro tools really are "Plan A".
>
> But, if all you have is the cheap stamped type, they can be made much more
> effective if you use threaded rod or a 5/8" bolt through the cup and a
> large, heavy washer to keep the tool in place. Then tapping vigorously on
> the tool with a wooden mallet.
>
> I've yet to see this fail, even with a well worn tool. (except on English
> 3 speeds, but I've made a special tool for those.)
>
>
> Mark Stonich;
> Minneapolis Minnesota
> http://mnhpva.org
> http://bikesmithdesign.com