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Old 02-25-13 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ebgbz
Seriously it appears that perhaps the cup was cross threaded and the mock up Sugino that threaded in nicely on the adj. side doesn't fit as nicely on the fixed(drive) side. There appears to be SLOP in the fitment. I am conducted technical discussions with VO about there threadless BB as a solution.
Are there any thoughts about this solution?
A threadless cartridge is one option, and probably the easiest to implement. Another is to ream and tap the shell for Italian thread,and then use Italian thread BB components. If I were in your situation, I'd do the threadless cartridge first.
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