The Lizard Part 2 - Bottom Bracket

So as the Lizard was a old style bike it comes with a large shell to accomadate a cup and cone bottom bracket, it looks like this

So you have your crank arm with a 14mm nut and you will also need whats called a crank puller, a lock ring bolt which required a 23mm wrench and the piece with the hole in it requires whats called a pin spanner to remove, there is actually two holes here the other one isn't in the shot.

Pin Spanner

Now these tools are what was required for the Lizard, i will put another post about sealed bottom brackets and some of the tools needed for different types of cup and cone brackets.

Crank arms removed, two holes for pin spanner clearly seen.

23mm locking nut comeing off

Bottom bracket removed, pretty grimy inside

Cup and cone bottom bracket, the long thing is the axle, the two circualr things are the ball bearing bearing races, all pretty grimy

Scrubbing up nicely

Axle length in case i need to purchase another one, these seem to be rather rare now, other options include some of the older style BMX three and one piece cranks that come off simialr bottom bracket shells as this one, i have purcahsed new races for this and shall be using this bottom bracket again as it seems it decent nick.

TNT