Originally Posted by
meech151
I am lucky that the guy who paints my frames takes extremely good care but after seeing this I think I will start inserting a BB in before I take it because sooner or later something is bound to happen, if nothing else it keeps the threads clean.
You know, I almost did this, since I have a few old ones sitting around. Hmph.
The threads are in ok shape - I'm worried if I chase it, it'll mess them up and go too deep on the "narrower" sides of the oval, and it would still be too loose on the other two sides.