Originally Posted by
Agfa001
Hello, I'm thinking of buying this used bottom bracket on German craigslist. Setting aside the issue of whether the tiny weight savings of a titanium spindle will be noticeable/worth the trouble and magically fix the mystery clicking sound on my bike....I'm wondering if it's a bad idea to buy this because of the stripped threads on the cups? I read a lot about what to do when the bottom bracket threads of the frame are stripped but less is mentioned about the cups themselves – Is this fine? ...The ad does say it "needs a cleaning".
Not sure exactly what you're talking about here, looks like the flats on the driveside cup are compromised and if the starting threads on the same are what your talking about I would say no.
IMO, unless you have good experience with this scenario, this is not the BB to try and solve any problems with.
Can't tell from here but cups look to be alloy, maybe. again not the BB to solve anything, already comes with its own.
I would find a good solid other candidate, noisey BB's are often not internal but seem so.
