Originally Posted by
trons
to clarify, italian bb's are right hand threaded on both sides and english are left hand threaded on the drive side and right hand threaded on the nds.
so what's the loctite for on one and not the other?
Bearing precession causes the R side of an Italian BB to unscrew, loctite or other solutions keep it from unscrewing. This is unnecessary for English because the forces from precession tighten rather than loosen the BB on the R side.