Re: [CR] Re (CR) Stuck Adjustable cup

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:11:27 -0400
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
In-Reply-To: <BF1B7039-FDEF-4383-A586-E61B9E2A5E11@boreal.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Re (CR) Stuck Adjustable cup


At 09:50 AM 19/08/2009 -0500, Courtney Johnson wrote:
>I recently had a stuck aluminum fixed cup in a steel frame. I
>sprayed Boesheild T-9 on it every day for a week, then it walked out
>using a Sheldon Brown homemade cup removal tool.

Also, with an aluminum frame, soaking the BB in boiling water would help, because aluminum has a greater coefficient of expansion than steel.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada