Bottom Bracket Tool Advice

[Heltor Chasca]

Thanks for great advice. I recently bought the smaller BTWIN in preparation for some winter maintenance.

Now I just need to think about the grease I’ll use. That is a minefield in itself.

 

[Nibor]

Fantastic answer. Thank you.

4 should be ok with this too I use a shimano tool on my GXP this is the one I use
https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-maintenance/bike-tools/bikehut-external-bottom-bracket-tool
I have this crank extractor best I have ever had
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/park-tool-c...40302&ptaid=aud-131695477502:pla-131250714302
You will also need one of these or similar
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/park-tool-bottom-bracketcassette-lockring-tool-bbt-5fr-11/

 

[Blue Hills]

Ah grease - yes a big topic in itself.

Been spending more time than is sane musing about that myself of late.

Suggest you start a new thread and put a link to it here.

 

[cyberknight]

All good advice, but to add my tuppenceworth - I consider the normal bottom bracket tool to be a surprising abomination - BBs are one of the most likely bits on a bike to stick/seize in, because of where they are on the bike and because folk tend to forget about them* and not touch them in years - something the OP is wisely intending to rectify.

So it can require a hell of a lot of force to get one out without damaging the bike or yourself. But of course there is nothing to actually hold the tool onto the BB, making it quite likely that the tool will slip, damaging the tool - and only the tool if you are lucky.

Hence I would recommend additional outlay on one of these.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NU2FJK6/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_3p_dp_1

Works with both splined and square taper bottom brackets by screwing into the BB's internal crank bolt threads.

If you are prepared to await delivery from the Far East can also be had for about two quid.

Tacx also do a one-piece tool for square taper bottom brackets - helped me get a square taper out of an old bike I bought the other day that had probably been in there for 20 years.


* Square tapers in particular as they last so long.

Indeed my project bike `s BB is stuck so fast im tempted to take it to the lbs as i have tried to get it out and even with a couple of foot of lever its not budging and the levers are bending under the force.

 

[Blue Hills]

Indeed my project bike `s BB is stuck so fast im tempted to take it to the lbs as i have tried to get it out and even with a couple of foot of lever its not budging and the levers are bending under the force.

Any tool slippage problems?

What sort of BB is it?

I did get that stubborn 20-year-sleeping square taper out the other day by using the Tacx tool. Eventually.

No signs of movement at all and I was even wondering if it had been crossthreaded when put in.

Then I sprayed in some of this:

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/e...professional-high-performance-penetrant-spray

I must have picked up at Halfords.

Into the hole on the bottom of the BB shell and saw it, reassuringly, flow straight out if the seattube of the upturned bike.

Then took the seatpost out and sprayed it down the tube towards the BB.

I was amazed to find that the BB then shifted - amazed as I thought that spray was probably pretty innocuous.

May be coincidence but it seemed to do the trick.

Turned out there was no rust at all inside the shell, unlike with one of my old bikes I had left for donkey's years.

By the by - I would always take the BB out even on a new bike - extracted the BB from a bought-new year old bike of mine the other day - there seemed to be way less grease/anti-seize between the BB and its shell compared to what I would use.

If no joy, you can always go to the bike shop.

My local south london bike shop got one out of a bike of mine for a tenner a few years ago.

It's possible that they used something like this:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/cyclo-bottom-bracket-removal-tool-set/rp-prod32408

Great mechanic. He also managed to sort the BB shell threads I had managed to screw-up on another of my projects.

Always good if the frame is steel I think.

If so I am confident that some way or another you will sort it.

Please report back if you are successful, using whatever works, including black magic. Reports help/encourage us all.

 

[User6179]

I'm looking for tool/socket to remove and insert Hollowtech BB. I want something that I can use with a socket set to remove and torque wrench to insert. this seems a good combination tool View attachment 429965 from here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Icetoolz-E...1536922156&sr=8-14&keywords=shimano+BB+socket
Though I don't like Amazon

Not read the rest of this thread but I seem to remember although not used them yet that hollowtecch BB has 2 different sized cups which require different size tools, just make sure this tool is the for your BB.

 

[cyberknight]

Any tool slippage problems?

What sort of BB is it?

I did get that stubborn 20-year-sleeping square taper out the other day by using the Tacx tool. Eventually.

No signs of movement at all and I was even wondering if it had been crossthreaded when put in.

Then I sprayed in some of this:

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/e...professional-high-performance-penetrant-spray

I must have picked up at Halfords.

Into the hole on the bottom of the BB shell and saw it, reassuringly, flow straight out if the seattube of the upturned bike.

Then took the seatpost out and sprayed it down the tube towards the BB.

I was amazed to find that the BB then shifted - amazed as I thought that spray was probably pretty innocuous.

May be coincidence but it seemed to do the trick.

Turned out there was no rust at all inside the shell, unlike with one of my old bikes I had left for donkey's years.

By the by - I would always take the BB out even on a new bike - extracted the BB from a bought-new year old bike of mine the other day - there seemed to be way less grease/anti-seize between the BB and its shell compared to what I would use.

If no joy, you can always go to the bike shop.

My local south london bike shop got one out of a bike of mine for a tenner a few years ago.

It's possible that they used something like this:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/cyclo-bottom-bracket-removal-tool-set/rp-prod32408

Great mechanic. He also managed to sort the BB shell threads I had managed to screw-up on another of my projects.

Always good if the frame is steel I think.

If so I am confident that some way or another you will sort it.

Please report back if you are successful, using whatever works, including black magic. Reports help/encourage us all.

No slippage , the spanner is bending .