Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
I've been told that loctite should be used on Italian BBs, is this false? I ask because I know Sloppy's road bike is a Ciocc, as is mine, and my Ciocc's BB came undone once after it was re-packed. When I took it back to the shop that did it, the mechanic said that they had forgotten to put something on the threads but I don't know what it was. This was a few years ago.
Since since the non-driveside cup of italian bbs loosen in the direction of pedaling, in loose bearing bbs, the spinning of the cranks will loosen the cup if it is not installed correctly. Locitite is the easiest way to make sure it doesn't happen.