Old 06-19-20 | 12:25 PM
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HTupolev
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Originally Posted by dsaul
In order to install a 73mm bottom bracket in a 68mm shell, you need a 2.5mm spacer on the drive side. Without the spacer, the spindle will be off center
As long as the drivetrain seems to work, I'd probably be more concerned about the security of the retainer cup on the non-drive side than an off-center spindle. In the days when 3-piece cranksets were standard, asymmetric spindles were fairly normal, and often deliberate to minimize q-factor (although this typically involved making the drive-side longer than the non-drive side, whereas the OP is doing the opposite).

If the chainline is problematic, it's possible that a 2.5mm spacer would "correct" the situation. Although given that the OP just shoved a 73mm bracket into a 68mm frame, I'd want to know more details before assuming that the spindle length is "correct" for the drivetrain in the first place.
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