Bottom Bracket MADNESS!
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Bottom Bracket MADNESS!
I'm building up a newish track frame and its got a 70mm bottom bracket, but for some reason the bottom bracket i have for it just wont work. I tried installing it but the threads will not start. Almost seems like the cups are too big for the bottom bracket, but English cups just fall right through. Am i doing something wrong, or do i have the wrong parts?
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I'm building up a newish track frame and its got a 70mm bottom bracket, but for some reason the bottom bracket i have for it just wont work. I tried installing it but the threads will not start. Almost seems like the cups are too big for the bottom bracket, but English cups just fall right through. Am i doing something wrong, or do i have the wrong parts?
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Yeah, The cups i have are italian and the bottom bracket is italian, but the cups seem too big. So I tried some sugino 75 cups and they fell right through.
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You may be threading it in the wrong way, Italian BB's are the only ones that can be threaded in backwards. Make sure you start on the drive side and screw it in toward the non-drive side.
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