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Old 07-13-10, 12:46 AM
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alaska
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solutions for tired BB threading

i have a steel road frame with really flat threads in the bottom bracket shell. there are cut lines which indicate it there had previously been a seized bb, and i guess it took some shell material with it. it's english threaded and a cinelli shell. a chaser goes in fine, but a cup rattles around.

i just tried filling the shell with jb weld and re-tapping to english - no go, all the jb weld chipped out.

now i'm looking for other options. i want to save reaming and tapping to italian as a last resort.

i'm thinking of trying loctite form-a-thread,
http://www.cheapbikeparts360.com/pro...ad-repair-kit/
but i don't want to waste my time with more glues if it won't work. any advice?
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