Overhaul BMX Bottom Bracket with One Piece Crank Set
How to overhaul the bottom bracket on a BMX bike with a one piece crank set. I clean and lube everything. I could have replaced the bearings, but they looked like they were in good shape. The bike is a Trek Subvert 1.0.
Convert From Square Taper to Hollowtech II Bottom Bracket/Crankset
How to remove square taper bottom bracket/cranks and install a Shimano Hollowtech II bottom bracket and crankset. The bottom bracket is a Shimano Ultegra 6800 (BBR60). Most Hollowtech II bottom brackets will require a Park Tool BBT-9 or BBT-19 tool, or equivalent. Due to the smaller diameter bearings/cups of the BBR60, I needed the newer …Read more »
How To Make A Cheap & Easy Cotter Pin Press For Cottered Cranks
I show how to make a cotter pin press tool for cottered crankset removal from old bikes. This can be made for around $5. Park Tool used to make a cotter pin press (CR-2) to remove cranks, but they don’t any more. To make the press, I use wide throat top beam clamps that I …Read more »
Convert From Cottered Crankset to Square Tapered Cranks/Bottom Bracket
I show how to replace a vintage cottered cranks/bottom bracket to a newer style square taper bottom bracket and crankset. Covered is removing the cottered crank set and bottom bracket, measuring, and choosing a new square taper BB, and installing the new bottom bracket.
Installing Smaller Chainring On Homemade Fixie
The 53t chainring was just too big for the fixie. But I sort of knew that when I built it, but that was what I had on hand at the time. I looked for a deal on a 46t chain ring and got one on ebay. So I installed it on my fixed gear bike …Read more »