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Calling campagnolo experts

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  • March 23, 2015 at 8:24 pm #23579
    gdmor10

    I have the campagnolo tool
    I have the torque wrench
    It’s the last part on the frame
    I even have a bruise on my face from where I wacked it with the wrench

    However the last cup on my ultra torque bottom bracket just won’t shift, I have given it loads of extra torque.

    Going to the LBS for this project is cheating so that’s not what I want to do.

    Any ideas?

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  • March 24, 2015 at 3:55 pm #838751
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    therevokid

    @Mike – bugger, forgotten
    @Mike – bugger, forgotten about that “trick” 🙂

    March 24, 2015 at 3:40 pm #838749
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    mike the bike

    It goes against every
    It goes against every instinct but, after soaking the thread, you might try tightening the cup a fraction (anti-clockwise) before attempting to loosen it once more. For reasons known only to the gods of spannerisation, this sometimes yields results.

    March 24, 2015 at 1:19 pm #838747
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    Jimmy Ray Will

    The LBS is more than likely
    The LBS is more than likely simply going to apply more torque than you have currently… going there is only to try and claim off their insurance if it goes wrong I guess?

    My approach would be lots and lots of leverage and gentle application.

    Scaffold pole would be my go-to for this.

    March 24, 2015 at 11:51 am #838745
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    gdmor10

    it is looking likely for LBS,
    it is looking likely for LBS, we do have a bicycle kitchen cooperative here in Reading and I might see if they have a vice but the project is to build a bike all from second hand parts and get it custom resprayed and as I now have all the bits I don’t want to knacker the frame at this stage. I don’t mind buying new BB cups if needed though.

    watch this space…

    March 24, 2015 at 9:42 am #838743
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    workhard

    when the only option is the
    when the only option is the application of a Birmingham spanner or excessive force it is time to get it to the LBS.

    March 24, 2015 at 9:16 am #838741
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    therevokid

    concur with the lbs option
    concur with the lbs option … too much torque and you could damage the
    frame 🙁

    March 23, 2015 at 11:04 pm #838739
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    RR

    You may not want to take it
    You may not want to take it to your LBS, but they should have the experience and tools to sort it out. I’ve had to accept defeat and do this for a stuck BB before.

    Having said that, I recently managed to get a BB out with a 2 foot breaker bar and a lot of effort, but that was on a steel frame. And a bench with a vice would have been easier.

    March 23, 2015 at 10:06 pm #838737
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    gdmor10

    Dumb suggestion are okay here
    Dumb suggestion are okay here but yes everything removed! Have tried the hammer method. Don’t have a bench vice so running out of options…

    March 23, 2015 at 9:46 pm #838735
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    badback

    Dumb suggestion and stating
    Dumb suggestion and stating the obvious but have you removed the spring clip that sits on the drive side of the bottom bracket ?

    March 23, 2015 at 9:39 pm #838733
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    matthewn5

    You don’t need a torque
    You don’t need a torque wrench to take it off. Use a big open ended or adjustable spanner. Hit the end of the spanner gently with a hammer. That should budge it, unless someone’s used loctite (why?)..

    March 23, 2015 at 8:59 pm #838731
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    mrmo

    I am guessing here as i don’t
    I am guessing here as i don’t know what frame, alu cup into alu insert bonded into the carbon bb shell.

    Proceed with caution, i am aware of frame inserts falling out, depends on which is stronger the corrosion or the glue.

    March 23, 2015 at 8:56 pm #838729
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    gdmor10

    It’s drive side, English
    It’s drive side, English thread so clockwise removal, carbon frame, soaking in wd40 at moment

    March 23, 2015 at 8:49 pm #838727
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    mrmo

    what’s the frame made of, i
    what’s the frame made of, i am assuming this is a metal frame and threaded, you are trying to undo the cup the right way??? Could try using plusgas/etc to soak into the thread and try again after a few hours. If it really is seized, be prepared to risk the frame.

    March 23, 2015 at 8:47 pm #838725
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    therevokid

    drive side or non drive side?
    drive side or non drive side?

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