Originally Posted by jupiter422

Believe it. I think the OP probably put too much side-loading on the bearings by over-tightening the cranks.

I have the ABI bearings in my BB and they are simply amazing. The materials engineer at my office drooled over one for a couple of days before slicing it in half (took the reciprocating micro-saw all weekend to cut through the 67+ hardness races) and examining the balls under the electron microscope.

Wow... just wow...