I got this frame from Cudak888 a couple of weeks back, in the great purge of 2012. The frame had been repainted and the bb re-threaded Italian from English. I gave the frame a preliminary strip to make sure some of the surface rust was not a big deal. It is not.
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I let this cup soak in PB Blaster for a week, before going at it with the standard fixed cup removal tool. No dice. So I held the tool in place and hit the end with a hammer. No luck and the tool was destroyed in the process. I then tried the Sheldon brown home brew method and that did not work. Then I put the cup flats in a a bench vise and tried to use the frame as leverage. Nope. I took it to the LBS and they had the pro level Park tool and even with a 3ft cheater bar, the cup would not budge. Is this thing hopelessly stuck? Can I use a torch to heat it and break the bond? Any other ideas?
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