Most common bb pin spanner I should purchase?
02-03-11, 04:06 AM
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Most common bb pin spanner I should purchase?
I am servicing cup and cone bottom brackets - I want to buy the most versatile tools needed, and I plan to make a fixed cup tool (Sheldon's article).
What isn't clear to me is which pin spanner and/or lockring tool I should buy that gives the most potential use?
I see that green SPA1 a lot on webpages, but don't know if that means it's the best one. The lockring tool looks pretty standard.
Thanks for the advice!
What isn't clear to me is which pin spanner and/or lockring tool I should buy that gives the most potential use?
I see that green SPA1 a lot on webpages, but don't know if that means it's the best one. The lockring tool looks pretty standard.
Thanks for the advice!
02-03-11, 07:15 AM
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From a hardware store? Do you have a picture? I had no idea that you could get something like that so easily.
Green one sounds like what I'll grab if the hardware store doesn't pan out
. Thanks guys.
Green one sounds like what I'll grab if the hardware store doesn't pan out
. Thanks guys.
02-03-11, 01:05 PM
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I don't have a picture at the moment. Maybe I'm mistaken on where I got it from. Sometimes my bike tools get mixed up with my dad's when I visit home.
02-03-11, 01:15 PM
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I'm ready to be banished, but at home I use two nail punches for adjustable cups that have holes in them. I use the Park lockring tool (41-42 & 43-44 ends).
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I used to use nail punches too! I have the green Park one now. In the shops, we've used the Var adjustable. Too $$$.
Last night, I took out a stubborn FRench fixed cup by using the Sheldon Brown tool but my socket didn't fit inside the bb. So I clamped down the fixed cup tool (Sugino) with the Sheldon Brown tool. Then I used a wood block and a hammer. Worked great.
Last night, I took out a stubborn FRench fixed cup by using the Sheldon Brown tool but my socket didn't fit inside the bb. So I clamped down the fixed cup tool (Sugino) with the Sheldon Brown tool. Then I used a wood block and a hammer. Worked great.
02-03-11, 02:44 PM
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I bought a cheap one, less than $5, from Harbor Freight a while back. I had to shave down the pins with a dremel a tiny bit. Works great for me.
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02-03-11, 03:59 PM
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I have a Sugino BB tool set, a Campagnolo combo pin and headset wrench and an SPA1. I find the SPA1 the most useful and versatile and can happily live without the others.
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I use the adjustable Park pin spanner and VAR lockring pliers. Neither one is cheap, but I think they're worth it.
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I have the Park Tool Adjustable Pin Spanner -SPA-6. It goes on sale on Amazon every once in a while. I think I paid $10 with free shipping for mine.
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