it's reputational asset stripping.
Use the respected brand identity to inflate percieved value and make a good margin, then flog the brand on for peanuts when it's worn out.
pension fund anyone?
You can also use it on the "adjustable" side 1/2 a turn or so (leave the m8 bolt a half turn loose) which breaks the bond - then you can take the bolt out and unscrew as normal.
Then do the drive side.
Taking the non- dive side out first also usually makes the drive side easier, so it's a...
They were there in the 80s, and drove some design forward -
iirc 1998 still offering nice quality tange prestige steel hardtails😍 for discerning riders,
but by 2000 oversize aluminium URT sussers🤮 for catalogue buyers.
A hardware shop ought to have something - if you take a bb bolt with you to check the pitch.
Iirc bb sq taper bolt thread is m8x1mm (fine)
There are tools available with the extractor and a captive bolt to secure - but the cheap option is to have a shallow bb extractor so you just use a large...