Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 20
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From: Chicago
Bikes: 2012 Giant Defy Composite, 1989 Paramount OS, 50th Anniversary Paramount Track, 1986 Paramount Road, 1981 Superior, late eighties Kestrel MX-Z, 1974 Viscount Aerospace, circa 1972 Gitane Tour de France, 2011 Dahon folder
Did you get this project done? The freezer and hair dryer trick is, yes, clever and effective, kudos to SvenMN, and when both are at ambient temperature should give a very secure fit; similar techniques are used to place much bigger bearings into precision CNC machines. Red locktite seems a bit overkill, I'm about to do the same replacement and will not be using any adhesive. I will use a small / medium bearing puller to get both sides into the BB, with a 5/8" washer to distribute force to both bearing races. I also won't use the circlips. If the spindle shifts in the bearings, I'll re-mount using just a trace of blue vibra tite on the bearing IDs. It should be good for 20+ years or until the spindle cracks.