Old 08-31-25 | 01:09 PM
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chris667
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From: Peak District, UK.

Bikes: Rudge Bi-frame MTB, ebike conversion, Raleigh Twenty, Alpinestars Cro-Mega

Don't spend your money on a cartridge BB yet.

I would be willing to bet that that bottom bracket shell has damaged threads.

As you are replacing bottom brackets anyway, the best solution is to
  1. Get everything apart, including the fixed cup (backwards thread!). That one might come out easily, but if not and you don't have the tool either go to a bike shop or take a high tensile bolt with corresponding nut and tighten inside the fixed cup. With enough swearing and tightening from both sides, the fixed cup will come out.
  2. Clean everything and confirm the thread on the BB shell is damaged.
  3. Don't mess around if the thread is damaged. At best you will be retightening it all the time. You need to go to a framebuilder, and get the shell faced to accept one of these :
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