I need some sort of adaptor

[gb155]

I have a Shimano BB tool like this

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-bottom-bracket-removal-tool

but the hole is too wide (oh er misses) to attach a ratchet to , is there some sort of adaptor ?

Gaz

 

[Herzog]

Which hole? Do you mean you can't get a tool to attach to the cassette tool, or the cassette tool is too small for the BB? Pic?

 

[Dave Davenport]

I've always used a spanner on the AF with this type of tool, BB's shouldn't be too tight in any case.

 

[zacklaws]

It is designed to fit a large spanner on, that is what the large hexagonal nut is for.

 

[gb155]

It is designed to fit a large spanner on, that is what the large hexagonal nut is for.

Right- nor do I have a big enough spanner

 

[cyberknight]

I found that the tool that the chainwhip came on ( a big spanner thing ) in the halfords tool kit fits perfectly on my BB tool.
Sorry i have no idea what some of the tools do , mm a know how thread coming on..

 

[chillyuk]

Are you using a half inch drive ratchet or a quarter inch drive. My BB tool uses a half inch square drive which makes it also easy to use with a torque wrench. I also have a socket that fits over the hex shaped end of the tool.

 

[Dave Davenport]

Right- nor do I have a big enough spanner

Just get yourself a big shifter, that and a 3lb hammer is all the tools you should ever need

 

[zacklaws]

I actually gave up trying to remove a BB with one of those tools. I even fitted the bolt back into the axle packed with washers to hold the tool in place (it is a recommended method, stops the tool slipping and damaging the BB and tool), and even with a spanner on and a yard long steel bar bending it would not budge. Eventually I took it to my LBS and they had a hard time removing it. I have a feeling, when the BB was installed, it had not been greased.

 

[gb155]

I actually gave up trying to remove a BB with one of those tools. I even fitted the bolt back into the axle packed with washers to hold the tool in place (it is a recommended method, stops the tool slipping and damaging the BB and tool), and even with a spanner on and a yard long steel bar bending it would not budge. Eventually I took it to my LBS and they had a hard time removing it. I have a feeling, when the BB was installed, it had not been greased.

I'm trying to install not remove tho:-)

 

[zacklaws]

I'm trying to install not remove tho:-)

Ahhh, in that case, the moral of the story is, stick some copper slip on it for when you do come to remove it.