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Old 06-11-23, 06:15 PM
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Steve_sr
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Well, it is getting closer to champagne time. I took advantage of some cooler weather to slow down the curing of the glue. I also decided to use my woodworking pipe clamp to press the new sleeve in. I am glad that I did as it took every bit of strength on the crank to press the sleeve in. Based on this the old shim would NEVER have come out without cutting the relief slot in it. In retrospect the threads on the clamp are pretty coarse.

That J-B Qwik sure sets up FAST! Really too fast for this kind of operation. The only good thing is that the excess epoxy that got pushed off the bottom of the shim was pretty much setup before I could scrape it out of the bore. Good thing that It didn't stick to anything critical. Maybe that is why they use this type of epoxy.

A couple of photos are posted below. The next step is to find (or become) the guy with the reamer.



Clamp / Press setup

Bottom Bracket Support

Shim Seated!
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