Originally Posted by
triumph.1
These look pretty bad. Looks like the first and second thread are pretty well smashed together. I'm going to drop it at a friends to see if he can fix it otherwise I will have to find another cup.
If that's the case, it might be worth it to take the frame to the shop to have the threads chased and the BB faced with the proper tools. Chased and faced bottom bracket shells make things
much easier when you're working with a loose ball BB.