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Old 11-23-22, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
hammer and a screwdriver, piece of cake
I had a cartridge type BB on a touring bike. We were in Kansas or someplace and it was clunking pretty bad. I had a stubbly Snap On screwdriver and I borrowed a claw hammer from the motel we went to and took it apart. The outside of the thing was worn down so I wrapped it in electrical tape and hammered it back together and it worked fine until I sold the bike.
3 of the 4 of us had some kind of BB issue on the trip.

It looked kinda like this, but not a Phil Wood.
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