Re: [CR] Seized LH cup: How to?

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:27:43 +0200
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Seized LH cup: How to?


kim klakow wrote:
> I just broke three tools (two 2-prong, one 4-prong) in trying to remove a seized left hand cup.
> It has been seeped in kroil for a fortnight, the bb doesn't look as if it is rusted in, who known if someone used loc-tite on it.
> Does anyone have a good suggestion before I take drastic action?

Loctite doesn't last much above 100 C

Get a big m16 or 5/8 shank bolt and nut (perhaps with an oppropriate spacer and tighten it from the inside

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer