Old 06-05-20 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dddd
The cups are just a light press fit onto the cartridge bearings.

Looks like there are two styles of cups (symmetric and asymmetric) in addition to different threadings.
In my experience with Campy cartridge BBs, teh drive side threaded end is very tightly attached to the main body, and the non-drive side slips on and off as on a UN55. On neither side do they thread onto the main body. I do not interpret that exploded drawing as implying the drive side cup is intended to be removable.

Bottom-line for Robertorolfo: I have always seen the Italian versions and BSC versions of their BBs to be indepently packaged and marked. They are not like a Phil, where many variations of cups can be applied to a smallish number or main body designs. If you have an Italian BB and to use the chainset you need instead to have a BSC BB that will fit, you need to find and buy one which is designed for BSC. I don't see any reliable process for swapping out the cups for cups with different threads. Looking at them I have often thought "these look like they should come off," but that doesn't mean I can get them off reasonably.

I also want to caution people about something I have seen in BF C&V several times: CAMPAGNOLO IS NOT NECESSARILY LIKE SHIMANO. If you started in mike mechanics from Shimano, this is an easy mistake to make. I started on Campy and on British bikes, so Shimano was the newcomer to my world. I have R&R these BBs probably 20 times on the bikes.

If you're going to try to muscle off the drive side cup, I can't say its not possible but be really careful. The cup is rather soft aluminum and it is the threaded part. You might ruin it. Then you have to buy a new one, I think they are all out of production, which means good used ones are priced at what the market will bear - anywhere from $30 each to >$200 each. And by destroying a perfectly good BB, you deprive another deserving bike nut of having the part. So: don't give bad advice, ask if you are not sure how to understand the instructions, and don't destroy the parts. Finally: don't lose the screws, hardware stores will not have direct replacements, and improvisation might be complicated
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