Re: [CR]Tandems and Tools...Whew!

(Example: Component Manufacturers)

Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:38:44 -0400
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Tandems and Tools...Whew!
In-Reply-To: <004801c78059$9e7634a0$c3f2d045@ts>


At 03:01 PM 16/04/2007 -0400, Tom Sanders wrote:
>I mentioned that I was having trouble with marring up
>fixed cups during removal and that I was not happy with my standard Park
>wrench. He wrinkled up his nose and told me that was no good and showed me
>what he said I needed. It was a lovely Var Fixed Cup Tool that seemed about
>a third the size of a Buick.

If you have a sturdy bench vise with removable jaws, remove the serrated jaws and clamp the fixed cup in the vise. I've removed many fixed cups this way by just turning the frame.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada