I have been messing about with bikes for a very long time, but can’t remember coming across this before.
I have just bought an old steel bike, mostly for the frame and have started to strip it down. The last job was to be removing the chainset, but when I removed the nut holding it onto the axle I found this.
If I have seen this before it would have been yonks ago and would have probably tried to hit it off with a hammer, but I have grown up since then.
So guys and girls, how am I to remove it. If it's like anything else on the bike it will be tight.
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Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
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Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
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Re: Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
An appropriate crank removal tool should fit. If you don't have one a puller may suffice.
Like this. Lots of others available. https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DCh ... g96BAgBEC8
Like this. Lots of others available. https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DCh ... g96BAgBEC8
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Re: Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
It's just a square taper bottom bracket axle with an extenal thread on the axle which accepts a nut, which used to be the norm prior to most manufacturers switching to axles with an internal thread which accept a bolt. A standard square taper crank extractor is the tool needed. Observe the usual caveat to make sure the extractor threads are fully engaged in the crank before applying force to remove the crank.
Re: Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
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Re: Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
That made me laugh. I am 74 maybe my memory isn't what it used to be.
Anyway, as you guys said, it was easy to remove with the usual tool.
Sometimes I have trouble thinking inside the box, never mind about outside.
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Re: Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
I know the early Campag axles had threaded ends, but never used one myself, though did use plenty of the others.
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Re: Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
The early (possibly all?) Campag titanuim square taper axles were solid with threaded ends for a nut. I found this out when a customer inherited a campag equipped bike (pre sealed BB units), and asked to have the "cheap" BB axle replaced (he had seen the nut on the end). I removed the axle, it weighed as though it was made of plastic, realised it was titanium, so put it pack in and explained to the customer why I put it back..
Re: Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
Those Campagnolo Ti square taper axles had a bit of a reputation for breaking. I can remember that Laurent Fignon, early in his career, was away on his own in a race but lost it because he had a heavy fall when his Super Record Ti BB axle broke.PT1029 wrote: ↑4 Dec 2021, 2:56pmThe early (possibly all?) Campag titanuim square taper axles were solid with threaded ends for a nut. I found this out when a customer inherited a campag equipped bike (pre sealed BB units), and asked to have the "cheap" BB axle replaced (he had seen the nut on the end). I removed the axle, it weighed as though it was made of plastic, realised it was titanium, so put it pack in and explained to the customer why I put it back..
p.s. Just did a quick Google search and found an article about the incident: https://inrng.com/2012/08/1982-fignon/.
Re: Unusual (to me) bottom bracket axle removal.
The first Campagnolo Super Record titanium axles had a female thread, these were weak and prone to failure as Mr Fignon found to his cost!
They changed the design to male thread and a nut, before doing away with titanium axles altogether until the relaunch of Super Record 11 speed
They changed the design to male thread and a nut, before doing away with titanium axles altogether until the relaunch of Super Record 11 speed