🔧 Wheels Mfg Double Sided Bottom Bracket Socket Red - 16x48.5mm/16x44mm: High-Quality Tool for Efficient Maintenance Review

A bit pricey for a tool you don't use often, but a poor quality product can take a toll on your shiny bike. Buy it, and after repairing it twice or replacing your own bottom bracket, you save the cost on garage bills.

I (still) needed a new bottom bracket tool for my MFG bottom bracket bike and decided to get it from my bottom bracket manufacturer. It is double sided to accommodate different size balloons and is beautifully finished. It also comes with an adapter for my 3/8 torque wrench. I would buy it again.

I took my bike to my local bike shop to have a WM bottom bracket installed. Then I got a call from a technician saying he wasn't able to install BB because he didn't have the right tools to complete the job. When I arrived to collect the bike, one side of the bottom bracket was almost 40% damaged and not installed. I bought this tool to see if I can complete the job and was worried about the tool being able to complete the job. Thank goodness the tool completed the BB installation so easily and

I recently replaced the BB press fit with a threaded BB gear. I bought Park Tool BB wrenches and installed BB. After a few rides, I noticed a noticeable creaking and realized I probably didn't tighten the bottom bracket enough. I bought this head to use with a torque wrench. The socket is really good visually, but it was terrible to use. I couldn't get the socket to stay on the slide by trying to tighten it and it looks like the metal on the socket has warped. In the end I found this outlet…

I got this for bottom bracket service but ended up messing it up a bit because the last people to service my BB before me started doing this incorrectly, lubricate the threads and tighten the bottom bracket shells. It was difficult to keep the rosette on the cup and kept wanting to pop out whenever I tried to loosen it. I ended up having to throw away the old BB and am a little hesitant to use the bushing again as it has slight damage on the outside where the old body started to snap off the…