Welding help needed in West Yorks - stuck BB

[highlandsflyer]

Take it to your local scrappy, they will have it out in a blink. Cheaply too.

 

[MiniNinjaRob]

Open ended spanners are the bastard child of a BSO's afterbirth. You could break your neck, crush a bollock or worse if you slip. Damaging the paint is the least of your problems.

I actually have an adjustable spanner which has locking jaws, similar to a mole grip action. Really useful as it does not slip, ever. Unfortunatley they don't go wide enough for the BB cup but would be ok if a small bar was welded to the BB instead.

 

[AR-CoolC]

Weld a section of 20mm box to it and then slide a rod of some sort in to get the leverage.

Looks bloomin' scary though.

 

[juz]

Open ended spanners are the bastard child of a BSO's afterbirth. You could break your neck, crush a bollock or worse if you slip. Damaging the paint is the least of your problems.

I actually have an adjustable spanner which has locking jaws, similar to a mole grip action. Really useful as it does not slip, ever. Unfortunatley they don't go wide enough for the BB cup but would be ok if a small bar was welded to the BB instead.

Ok mate, if you are happy with it. Sorry if I sound patronising but make sure you use it the correct way round - with the force on the fixed jaw or you could snap it, seen it happen a few times! Good luck and keep us posted on the progress - I do enjoy an engineering problem!

 

[Broady]

Is there enough to grab hold of the cup in a vice, then use the frame as leverage? Had to do a similar thing myself.

I've got a full workshop in Leeds if needs be, not a welder though.

 

[MiniNinjaRob]

Ok thanks for everyone's advice and offers of help. I have sent the frame off to the person who has bought it from me (it was sold understanding it had this issue) and he is going to have a crack at it following some of the advice on this thread.
Thanks all.

 

[Eddie King]

next method...drill two big holes opposite each other...place two big bolts in and put a lever between them to lever away ...

As the new owner of this problem I have to say that the photos just don't do it justice...it's even more impressive in the flesh

Round one of man vs b/b was yesterday with gibbleking's method above tried out.....Round one was won by the b/b however :roll:

Round two is scheduled for next week at a friends enginering workshop when it's going to get some 23mm hexhead bolts welded onto the b/b....and if that doesn't work then a short length of box section steel will be used along with a length of steel bar......

This frame WILL get rebuilt

 

[AR-CoolC]

Nice work, BUT..........................

This NEEDS to be documented

 

[MiniNinjaRob]

Nice work, BUT..........................

This NEEDS to be documented

Frame as I got it:

Nice original paint and in really good nick apart from stuck BB.

BB area (pictures make it look horrific, isn't much better in real life but frame is ok in this area)

I did manage to move the RHS half a turn before my Park spanners died. :-(
BB

 

[Eddie King]

Nice work, BUT..........................

This NEEDS to be documented

I agree...and I'll do my best to get pics up for Round Two...

....as for Round One.....try and imagine some bluntened Tungsten Carbide drillbits and lots of sweat,elbow grease and some very colourful and probably archaic Anglo Saxon.......go on....I know you can