I think the coming loose concerns just mentioned are more to do with that it's a threaded assembly that gets significant forces AND not that there's some inherent design or detail that is unique to this BB. If the BB and shell were French threaded I'd be talking differently. So with this in mind traditional assembly methods should work well. Note in my first post I did mention possible use of assembly compounds. I don't go to a thread locking compound unless i must. Good lubing of threads and periodic maintenance is all that I've needed (excepting Phil BBs, French shells and non threaded ones). Andy.