Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Stuck BB
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:01:48 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 26
Message-ID: <vcf82r$5u14$1@dont-email.me>
References: <vc9riq$2vnl9$1@dont-email.me> <vca3nt$31h84$3@dont-email.me>
	<fc2b2b45-6faa-4aba-9823-84e17cee668f@comcast.net>
	<KbCGO.58514$WXO8.24987@fx13.iad>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:01:48 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0064b8e2d5ce4c27c1b372bc1235c78f";
	logging-data="194596"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18YGvNAFcmo0JLE7BOoot+O07NorpJLZRY="
User-Agent: Pan/0.146 (Hic habitat felicitas; d7a48b4
 gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pan.git)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:S3/wctOWk8oQ9BwhsJImPTpKDRk=
Bytes: 2462

On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:19:06 +0000, cyclintom wrote:

> On Tue Sep 17 16:19:26 2024 Mark J cleary  wrote:
>> On 9/16/2024 3:06 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>> > On 9/16/2024 12:57 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
>> >> My Wilier has a stuck right cup BB. At the moment the cranks spin
>> >> fine. It has an FSA Mega Exp crankset that is the one that is not
>> >> pinch bolts but uses self extracting allen key to put on drive side
>> >> crank arm. Has the wavy washer in the set up. I think that is why
>> >> the bearings went bad because it allows moisture to get in not
>> >> sealed like a regular shimano crank and external BB.
>> >>
>> >> The BB is of course and external BB from FSA. The let side cup
>> >> bearings went bad so I used a Shimano BB60


Do NOT cut any bottom bracket! The left and right hand threads unscrew 
FORWARD which means counterclockwise for the left hand and clockwise for 
the right side.

If you cannor loosen the BB and have stripped the grooves for the holder, 
get a pair of lock jaw pliers and lock them tightly to the BB that cannot 
be squashed with the bearing in place. Then get an 18 inch pile that will 
bit over the handle. That will free ANY aluminum on aluminum joint. Before 
sawing anything off you might as well throw the frame away. Andrew could 
probably save it but most shops wouldn't have the proper tools.