Pat,
Luckily the Bianchi has a good old loose bearing bb so I can probably keep it going for quite a while with regular maintenance. It will probably go to the shop when it needs a new one so THEY can figure out the threads and all.

No this is for the commuter battle wagon that used to be a Giant Cypress. The 105 bb has close to 3000 miles which sounds like it is getting about to its life expectancy. I'd just as soon go ahead and replace it before it starts giving me trouble.

Thanks for all the suggestions.
Regards,
Raymond