Originally Posted by
BCDrums
Feeling omnipotent after humiliating the lock ring, I went after the fixed cup. I assaulted it with the Sugino wrench, a block of wood, some coarse language, and finally the claw hammer. I fought the law, and the law won. I was forced to leave it in place, and clean and grease it from the exterior. Humbling.
You are doing it wrong. Don’t feel bad, I’ve been doing it wrong for 40 years until I had an epiphany about 3 weeks ago. First you need some parts and tools.
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I use a old bottom bracket cup, a bolt (or nut, depending on the spindle) and a large fender washer. Don’t take out the adjustable cup first. Assemble the parts like this
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Now turn the wrench on the fixed cup clockwise. You can get more leverage on the fixed cup wrench...the worst wrench of all bicycle tools...than you can when using it the way we have always been using. At my local co-op, we use Sampson for extra leverage.
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Stuart Black, on Flickr
You could also use the same tool for the lock ring on the adjustable cup. You could just loosen up either the fixed cup or the lockring without removing them and then use the tool on the other side.