hazben1

I posted this question in bike mechanics however, I did not get a response so I thought I would post it here to see if I had more luck.

Thanks to this forum I was able to disassemble my FSA SL-K-light triple. It had been a little noisy and had a little more resistance than what I thought it should. I found the bearing on the drive side not turning at all. Surprisingly the spindle on the non drive side which had the good bearing was discolored.

Question 1. Is the spindle OK to use even though it is discolored? It is not grooved or pitted. Sorry unable to get a photo of the spindle.

Question 2. Will a Ultrega 6700 BB cartridge work fine on this or does the cartridge have to be specific to FSA?