Fixed bottom bracket removal

[karaokeking]

Hi all, I have just purchased what I believe is a Raleigh team cadet 10 (1984 onwards I think ). I am in the process of stripping it down with the intention of giving it a good refurb. I've managed to remove everything except the fixed part of the bottom bracket. I've left it soaking in wd40 overnight and have ordered the prober tool from ebay. Does anyone have any special tricks to remove this ? I have checked out youtube and found some ut they aren't working either, and am I right in believing that if the other side came off anti clockwise then the fixed side will be clockwise to remove ? Any tips and advise would be greatly appreciated

 

[Midlife]

Welcome

Why do you want to remove it? Are you putting in a new bottom bracket?

Yep, its a left hand thread on the fixed side so clockwise to remove. Brute force us usually the method involved.

Shaun

 

[karaokeking]

Welcome

Why do you want to remove it? Are you putting in a new bottom bracket?

Yep, its a left hand thread on the fixed side so clockwise to remove. Brute force us usually the method involved.

Shaun

Cheers Shaun for the reply, I want to remove it to replace the bearings and to touch up the paint work, I could do this without removing but would be better if I could remove to do a full refurb on it .

 

[pigman]

Re:

Clamp the flattened bits in an engineers vice and turn the frame clockwise as you're looking down on it. Do the vice up reeel tight to avoid slippage

 

[ScillySuffolk]

... am I right in believing that if the other side came off anti clockwise then the fixed side will be clockwise to remove ? Any tips and advise would be greatly appreciated

If it's a British threaded bottom bracket (which being Raleigh it will be), then yes the drive side has a left-hand thread (Italian bottom brackets have a right-hand thread): useful cribsheet here.

Clamping the cup in a vice and using the frame as the lever your best bet (often easier with two people, to keep the frame steady).

If you lack a bench-mounted vice, then next best is to use some sort of extension on the tool, such as a scaffold pole. I use my crown race setter: it's a hefty piece of steel and a couple of feet long. Again, an extra pair of hands to steady the bike while you put your weight on the extension, is useful).

 

[karaokeking]

Re: JOB DONE

Bottom Bracket now removed

I left it soaking over night in WD40 (stuffed tissue in frame and laid frame down with tissue under bottom bracket then dowsed all tissue in wd40 so that it was constantly covered in wd40 ). Got a m12 bolt with washers through bracket and tightened nut on other side as tight as I possibly could, then removed socket from one side and simply turned it with a spanner. As it was so tight it was as one so by simply turning the nut with a spanner it all turned and released the Bottom Bracket. Job done
I have included pics to make it easier to understand

 

[twosheds]

Well done. I have always used that method. 100% success rate. Nothing slips, no injuries and if the internal washer is not too big, you get zero damage to the cup. I use an M14 with no washer on the outside, which grips better.

Bruce

 

[Pionir]

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I had a really stuck BBC recently. The drive side was actually loose but the other wide wouldn't budge, even using the jut and washer trick. Took it down my local bike shop in the end. Best £5 I've spent and they knocked out the headset cups too which saved me buying the tools

 

[ScillySuffolk]

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