Thread: Will a Sunlite Threadless Bottom Bracket Work for a Raleigh Cotterless Conversion?
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Old 06-09-23 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by oneclick
What I did was get a set of aluminium Italian bb cups, turned the 36x1 off and cut 26tpi threads on them.

But you have to have a lathe (or a friend with a lathe).
How did you cut the threads? Did you have a suitable die, or was it done on the lathe? And were the cups solid aluminum, or did they have a steel race pressed into them?
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