Park Tool BBT-22 Shimano Sealed Cartridge Bottom Bracket Tool

by Park Tool

Product Features

• The BBT-22 is a shop quality tool for installing and removing Shimano® and ISIS Drive® splined 20-tooth bottom bracket cups.
• Made from investment cast steel, the BBT-22 utilizes a flat tooth profile to ensure maximum engagement with the bottom bracket cup.
• Can be used with a 3/8? drive torque wrench, 3/8? ratchet driver, 32mm wrench, FRW-1 Freewheel Remover Wrench, or 1? wrench
• The BBT-22 is an updated version of the current BBT-2.

Product Description

The BBT-22 is a shop quality tool for installing and removing Shimano® and ISIS Drive® splined 20-tooth bottom bracket cups. Made from investment cast steel, the BBT-22 utilizes a flat tooth profile to ensure maximum engagement with the bottom bracket cup. Can be used with a 3/8” drive torque wrench, 3/8” ratchet driver, 32mm wrench, FRW-1 Freewheel Remover Wrench, or 1” wrench.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 3.2 x 1.5 inches ; 6.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001A0AIAG
• Item model number: BBT-22C
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,959 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #15 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Bike Tools & Equipment > Hand Tools

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When you need it..., June 14, 2009

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This review is from: Park Tool BBT-22 Shimano Sealed Cartridge Bottom Bracket Tool (Sports)

Park Tool is widely regarded as the best bicycle-specific tool maker. This bottom bracket tool, essentially the socket end of a 1/2" drive socket wrench, makes it easy to see why. It's splined to fit Shimano sealed cartridge bottom brackets, just like a very similar socket I have from another manufacturer. The crucial differences are two: fit and contour. The tool snaps very precisely on to the bottom bracket, making easier work of a removal job that can be difficult due to overtightening or seized threads. Just as importantly, the top of the socket is contoured so that if the drive handle is providing insufficient leverage to do the job, one can fit a box end or open end wrench over the hex-shaped top of the socket. This makes possible the "desperation method," in which the socket must actually be bolted to the spindle of the bottom bracket and then turned a little at a time (often with much swearing, cheater pipes, etc). In the "seriously desperate" version of the desperation method, the tool can be bolted to the bottom bracket spindle and then clamped into a vice, with the entire frame being turned as a lever to move the seized threads. The shape of this tool makes that clamping possible.

If you have to do this, make sure to treat yourself to a beer or similar reward afterward. But with this tool, you can! If you're blessed not to need that method, this tool will work exactly as it should anyway, and for years to come.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You also need a bolt plus 2 washers plus a big wrench, January 19, 2011

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D. P. (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Park Tool BBT-22 Shimano Sealed Cartridge Bottom Bracket Tool (Sports)

Used this Park Tool BBT-22 to remove the bottom bracket (Shimano square taper) from my 1996 Specialized Allez. After 14 years it was about time to replace it! There is EXCELLENT instructional material at Park Tools website on how to do this.
First, remove the cranks. No easy task. The local bike store could not do it, they have the Park Tool crank puller. They took out the 8mm bolt that holds on the crank and then used the crank puller but instead of the crank coming off, it stripped the threads. So they gave up. So I bought a big 8mm allen wrench and removed the crank bolts (with the help of a friend), removed the pedals, dropped the chain off the smallest chain wheel (granny gear) to let it rest on the BB, removed the chain wheels, removed the bike wheels and then ... take a short length of about 1 1/2 inch galvanized pipe fixed horizontally in a decent sized bench vise, with the vise rotated so that person (a) (me) can hold the bike frame with the crank arm inserted into the pipe, and so that person (b) (the biggest guy you can find) can place a good sturdy punch down into the spindle (through the hole where the crank bolt was), hold the punch steady in a vise grip wrench, and whack it with a large (note, LARGE) hammer! Applying heat with a propane torch as needed. Not sure if the heat helps, but it might make you feel better! One crank (non-drive side) came off easiest. Drive side took a larger hammer and more determination. Eye and ear protection is needed.
In the above exercise, MAKE SURE you do not ruin the spindle threads because you will need them in the next step. Get a punch that is just right. Too big and you will ruin the threads, too small and you will bend the punch. Do not ask me how I know this. Go to Home Depot, buy several punches, and return the ones you do not use.
Now, with the cranks off, the rest is easy and can be done by one person. take the BBT-22 PLUS a metric bolt from Home Depot that has the same EXACT thread as the crank bolt (HD has a tester set up so you can match it yourself, take your crank bolt with you!). I used a 50mm long bolt which was slightly too long, PLUS 2 washers to get the BBT-22 held tightly onto the BB, the bolt goes into the end of the spindle where the crank bolt was. Get a big wrench and presto! Note, one side of my BB has a metal flange, versus the other side has a plastic cup-with-no-flange. You tackle the metal side first, remove it completely and the entire BB comes out. Then to get the plastic cup out, you do not need the bolt anymore. Lightly tap the BBT-22 into the plastic cup as far as it will go and it will turn easily.
Make sure you know which direction to turn, the Park Tools website explains this. On my setup the left side was right-threaded and the right side was left-threaded. Also I used a little spray lubricant here and there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Tool Made in USA, October 7, 2010

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Chris - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Park Tool BBT-22 Shimano Sealed Cartridge Bottom Bracket Tool (Sports)

It worked in both bikes that I tired. It seems to be good quality steel. Can be turned in three different ways: 3/8 ratchet or one of two different size wrenches. Made in USA