Not good news for my frame by the sound of it. Just my bloody luck. Beautiful frame for the bin


Frame is Aluminium (2005/2006 Giant ALUXX hydro formed 6011A alloy). BB shell width is 68mm (67.7mm after facing off.)


When you say Italian thread do you mean Campi or something? Might be an option, but that would mean I'd have to drop my XTR crankset. I'll also check out the threadless bottom brackets, and the re-chase and locktite options. Thanks for the ideas.


Would something like a helicoil insert repair kit be of any use? I know they can be used for repairing damaged spark-plug threads in engines, but a MTB frame is a very different kettle of fish. Here's a pic of a similar bike to mine, that has the same frame: