That's pretty weird all the way around. When I ran non-ferrous frames, one of which had a consistent BB creak issue, we found that using Anti-Seize worked best. Alternatively, plumbers teflon tape can work. I used steel bolts which also helped.
I just replaced the BB on my QB with an IRD. The old one had been in there long enough that the removal was especially difficult. The new BB had trouble threading in so I had the LBS-with-the-oldest-mechanics retap the threads. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/14635633463/ That actually helped quite a bit. As others have noted, sometimes a "BB creak" is any number of other things. I was getting a little noise out of the Suzue rear hub towards the time I retired it. And most of friends with "noisey bottom brackets" had ungreased pedals or seat posts. RE: JIS and ISO... AASHTA - http://sheldonbrown.com/bbtaper.html One thing you should do is mount the cranks, torque them down (without lubing the spindle) and take off the bolts. Take a look at the amount of room between the spindle and the face of the crankarm. If the spindle was all the way out to the end of the opening in the cranks, then, yes, they did damage. Otherwise, not so much. Unless the cranks are coming loose when you ride or clearly off center when you spin them, I'd tend to think you didn't damage them. Best of luck - creaks can be really crazy-making. I usually take that opportunity to pull everything off (stem/bars/pedals/saddle/seatpost) and regrease everything. - Jim / cyclofiend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
