Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
Proper bottom bracket service means installing on a shell that has been correctly chased and faced, using a bottom bracket tool, not a wrench.
https://www.hozan.co.jp/cycle_e/catalog/BB/C-358.html
This is also the proper tool for removal.
A bottom bracket that has been properly installed as above should not have its fixed cup removed for regular servicing (repacking). BITD people didn't have 5 bikes. Racers and enthusiast cyclists rode 300+/week. BB bearings got repacked about twice a year on average, more if caught in the rain. Fixed cups were not removed until the bottom bracket was worn out and replaced. It would have been silly.
An old bike of unknown history that's been sitting for decades generally should have both cups removed for servicing.
Agree to disagree.
"back in the day", that was then, this is now.
Most of the bikes we deal with are of unknown history.
Nothing silly about being thorough but sidestepping is asking for trouble that won't be silly.
As always you are welcome to do it your way but not to pass judgement on my methods or rationale, that's just silly.
