Originally Posted by
OldsCOOL
I have a ‘97 Trek 7000 with integrated sealed BB unit. This one has nylon plastic retainer rings and the one on the NDS is stripped to the point where the splines are broken off. I’ve been putting this off for the last 2 summers and now I know why
I love this bike frame so will have to be careful not to bugger up the fine threads. Any of you had to deal with this? I hate plastic for this. Cant wait to try the fixed side.
No experience with these, but lots with plenty of other stripped BB's and many other things. If its plastic I would have already carefully ground out a small section so I could break it out without damaging the threads but being fully prepared to restore them as they will probably need that anyway. I have an air dremel like tool that with a burr can get in to very tight spots. Self made custom rethreader tools have never failed to resolve the aftermath.
This once again brings up the BB conundrum of not removing it for service until something goes wrong. This is a perfect example of that. Now you have more of a problem than you want. IMHO BB's should be completely disassembled whenever servicing any part of them. This especially includes driveside cup removal for thread service to help avoid problems like this later. I know many disagree on this and that is fine, I will always do it as a proper service so there are less of these posts.