Originally Posted by
Charles Wahl
What's the width of the BB shell these days? It may have been faced a few times -- is it possible that it's a bit under 68 mm?
Thanks for all your input.
And it is the original 68mm shell. I measured after pulling the adjustable cup and spindle to see whether the 1/4" bearings somehow didn't fit with that spindle cup combo, but they do. I'll install again and put cranks on, use a wheel off my Alan to check chain line. And I realize now that if a spacer was to be needed for chain line - that widens the effective shell width and shortens even more how little of the spindle sticks out of the NDS side for crank attachment.
I'll check fit for crank arms... just not used to see that much cup protrude beyond lock ring.