Originally Posted by sivat
I'm putting an FSA ti-pro bottom bracket on a specialized mountain bike. My question is how far should i tighten the bottom bracket on the side without the lip? I put it in until there was about 1 thread on the frame showing. Too much? Not enough?
I'm having kind of a hard time figureing out what you are asking. With a cartridge bottom bracket the drive side has to be pretty tight. The torque spec is usually around 30 to 35 ft/lbs so imagine a 30 pound weight on the end of a foot long wrench. The non-drive side is really just a spacer to keep the bottom bracket from tipping inside the BB shell. It just has to be tight enough to keep it from vibrating out.