greencat wrote:
moonlite wrote:
Slight hitch today: I found a nice XT crankset and bottom bracket of the right 68mm width on eBay. It was a little rough but it seemed to make sourcing the correct bits a lot simpler, but today I really struggled to get the right-hand (drive side) bearing to screw in. I gave the threads a good cleaning out with WD40 and a stiff wire brush on a hand drill and applied lots of grease but it just didn't seem to want to go more than a few turns.
Taking the frame to the next town to get the threads chased may be the best option but it would be a huge hassle and have to wait until the new year. I'd be grateful for any advice.
Can't offer any advice - only solidarity. The bottom bracket threads rusting out on the RHS was what did for my On-One frame. The first time the bottom bracket came out it seemed to have weaker threads afterwards. Bottom brackets would go in easily enough but move up and down in the shell. The bike shop solved it by putting a resin cupped bottom bracket. That worked for a time until it started moving in the shell too.
Thanks! Solidarity is much appreciated. I've managed to create a workable solution (I think - time will tell) by using the bearings from two different XT BBs. Both came from the same guy who sent the crankset and both had been removed without the proper tool, but by mixing and matching I have them both installed. All looks, feels and sounds good, but we'll find out soon enough.
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2004 Salsa A La Carte; 2006 Airborne Carpe Diem; On One Inbred