I don't remember seeing this on the Phil Wood Web site, nor the required tool. If it's that critical Phil ought to be selling a simple tool to check it. What about other cartridge bb, like White or King? Do they have the same sensitivities?
Michael Westford, Vt On Feb 6, 10:20 am, John McMurry <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter White has said before that premature failure of a Phil bottom > bracket is due to the bottom bracket shell threads not being aligned. > > Here's an excerpt from one of these discussions: > > "For a Phil Wood BB to last, the frame's BB threads must be chased > with a > tool that indexes one side of the shell with the other so that the > threads on each side share a common axis. Campagnolo and a few other > companies make tooling that, when used properly, ensures that the > threading is correct, and then, and only then, will you get the full > life of the Phil Wood bearings." > > from here: > > http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=touring.10709.0545.eml > > Makes sense to me. > > John McMurry > Burlington, VT --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
