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Found a weird trick for stuck bottom brackets on old steel frames
I was wrestling with a seized BB on a 1970s Raleigh in my shop for an hour, then a guy from Portland told me to spray PB Blaster inside the seat tube and let it sit overnight. The next day it came out with just a normal wrench, no breaker bar needed. Has anyone else tried this or do you just torch everything?
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robert_bennett295mo ago
Torching it is faster and you know it's done right.
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the_blake5mo ago
Guess you've never had to scrape off half a deck cause you torched it too hot and turned it into a charcoal grill. Faster doesn't always mean better when you're fixing your own mistakes later. But hey, you do you, I'll stick with my stripper and a scraper while I sip my coffee.
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