BIKEHAND Bike Bicycle Compatible with Shimano Bottom Bracket Removal Remover Tool

Get a screw and a washer to keep the bb remover in place. Trust me this will make a huge difference and avoid a lot of headache and cus words. Made life easier and with a little weight and torque, it became a piece of cake. Removed and changed the whole crankset with bb in 35mins. Highly recommended tool but make sure to get the washer and bolt. If not your definitely striping the bb

Perfect fit to install my new Shimano bottom bracket. My other cheap BB tool would not fit the part. Material seems to be of better quality and came in at a reasonable price point versus other mainstream brands. Should last my lifetime as a casual DIY'r. I would recommend.I had to buy multiple new tools in order to remove a stuck never maintained BB.

My Shimano bottom bracket attaches with the crankset using 8mm FINE threaded bolts... These are hard to find. Your local hardware store probably has 5/16th FINE threaded bolts. (NOT course threads)You can thread a bolt like this into the 8mm hole and use oversized nuts as spacers to HOLD THIS TOOL ON THE BRACKET AS YOU WRENCH ON IT. It probably won't come off without being bolted on.If the threads are stripped or the bolt won't start - you can use a hack saw to cut a verticle slot down the middle of a 5/16" bolt (FINE THREAD) and shave the end to a slight angle, and this will re-thread the hole as long as you start it in STRAIGHT. Remove the slotted bolt and try again with a new 5/16" bolt to hold this bracket tool in place. Good luck.

Perfect fit for my application which is an old-style Shimano square spindle cartridge bottom bracket. The tool offers wrench flats and will accept a 1/2" drive ratchet or bar. The mechanical fit is snug with no danger of damaging the rings.

If you've read my other reviews (on MTB), you'll see I've been working on bikes since I was about 10yo. Does it make me a professional? No, but it shows I know a thing or two about tools, or the lack there-of. When you're 10yo, you may have access to a hammer and a screwdriver that you snuck from your dad. We tore down bikes completely and rebuilt them, including wheel lacing and swapping BB, with only a handful of tools.With that said, this tool would have pure wizardry back in those days. Fast forward almost half a century, I'm still not a professional bike mechanic and I don't expect to be. But this really is a must-have tool for any DIY bike mechanic.The reviews are all over the place. Great tool, tool was broken and not worth your time... Here's my synopsis.- Is this a great tool? No. I run a machine shop and have access to real tools. In fact, I make many tools and the fit and finish on this tool is not the quality to comes out of my shop. Why didn't I just make one? My shop is not all-inclusive so spline tools are not my forte, plus it would cost me a heck of a lot more than $10 to make this myself, with the quality I expect.- Is this an OK tool? Yes. I mentioned the DIY bike mechanic. Face it, as a DIY mechanic or someone who wants to learn to do this on their own... how often does someone swap out a BB? It's been about 10 years on my Giant and now that I'm doing more rocky off-beaten roads and now I need to replace my bearings. Plus I'm rebuilding a couple Schwinn bikes. This tool fits the Schwinn bikes.- Is this tool for professional bike shops? For a professional bike shop, I would pass on this tool, since the usage would be very high and this tool may not last that long. Or, if a Park is 3x the price, will it last 3x as long, or more?This review revolves around the DIY bike mechanics, since professionals should spend more for the tools that their shops depend on, and home-gamers will only use these tools a few times in the lifetime of the bike. With that said, this is a great tool to have in the home shop. It's $10. As long as this is the type that fits your bike(s), don't hesitate.For those who got sockets that are damaged or broken, or don't sink all the way down, don't hesitate to return it ASAP and don't bother "trying it" if it is obviously deformed. You might do more damage to your bike. The tool that I got appeared to have some kind of spatter-sprayed finish, but the tool looked fine. I made sure the splines sunk all the way down, or at least 75-80% down before I took the impact wrench to it. My BB was very tight, even for the impact, but I kept everything straight and the BB came out. No problem.

Good quality tool. Worked well to remove my BB. Drive side is left hand threads. Might need extra leverage to remove rusted bracket.

Does the job

The tool came in very quick and worked exactly the way it should.