bottom bracket and tools

The bottom bracket I purchased is a Shimano BB-UN26. It definitely isn’t high end, but it will work well for my application.

I had no idea when I started this project that my extensive collection of mechanics tools wouldn’t cut it for working on a bike. I was able to disassemble the bike in about 10 minutes with the tools that I had, but when I purchased my new parts I realized the tools I used to take the bike apart weren’t going to work. In the picture above you can see the $10 bottom bracket tool I had to buy. I think that will make assembly a lot easier. And below you can see the cog/lockring tool I bought. It worked so well that I was very glad I spent the money to buy the right tool for the application. I figure I could have gotten away with using the tools I had, but this made it super easy.