On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:12:58 -0700, Keeper of the Mighty Macaulay wrote:

I'm working on getting a 1960s Torpado up and running and have removed the
cranks and bottom brack spindle but can't get the fixed cup off (it's got
three notches, not opposing flat faces, and I don't have the proper diameter
lockring and hammering with a screwdriver is just damaging my screwdriver).

Which way are you trying to turn it?

I'm thinking that I could just leave the fixed cup on an get a new bottom
bracket for the other side and put on newer square-taper cranks. So I've got
few questions:

Don't do that. Those old bottom-brackets are a RPITA. Get a sealed one.
Much better.


1. If I dremel or otherwise get a good hold on the cup to put the frame
in the bench vice, which way is the fixed cup threaded?

Depends on the type of frame. Check Sheldon Brown's website for details.
One thing to check is the width of the bottom bracket shell. If it is
68mm, it is likely British, and so the right cup will be left-hand thread.
If it is 70mm, it is likely Italian, so right-hand thread. I donno what
a Torpado is, though, so .... hope it ain't French.

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David L. Johnson

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