Bottom bracket removal

[Joe]

I'm trying to get a Truvativ power spline BB out to replace it but I can't for the life off me get it undone.
I'm using a Park Tools BBT-22, with an adjustable wrench. And am attempting to go anticlockwise on the non drive side and clockwise on the drive side. The BB axle is not hollow so I can't attatch the tool using my hub skewer as the Park website recommends. Any other way to attatch it as the connection is very thin.
Am I doing something wrong or do I just need more force? I've never gone near a BB before...

 

[Steve Austin]

You're going the wrong way

 

[Steve Austin]

maybe you're not !

non-drive side first, undoes like this

I have in the past laid the bike down on the floor and leaned on the socket/tool so it engages with the teeth, and then twisted the socket/tool with all my weight on it. This does work, but you may have to put a few rags underneath the BB on the floor side. Occasionally a tap with a hammer on the socket/tool tightening the BB can loosen the seal and give it enough to make it come undone.

 

[Steve Austin]

drive side is like this btw

*UNLESS its a italian BB

 

[girofan]

Is it an Italian frame Joe?

 

[Joe]

Cheers for the advice. I've finally got it (I was going the right way). I found a socket wrench that fits in the end of the BB tool and used some old handlebars for extra leverage. Relief! I was starting to get angry there