I put in a bottom bracket yesterday. Just though I would share a simple technique to avoid cross threading. First off, reach through the other side and support the spindle end with a least a fingertip to help with the alignment. Turn the threads the wrong way until you feel a slight bump of the first thread lining up. Then try threading the right way - it should go in with no resistance. If you feel resistance, immediately reverse direction, feel again for the bump. When you can make several turns without feeling resistance, you're there.
On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 9:09:31 PM UTC-6, drew beckmeyer wrote: > > curiosity got the best of me and i had it taken out/replaced (with a > lovely phil bb purchased from this group). most of your analysis' were > right on the money. some uncleanliness, slightly imperfect fit, possibly > unchased shell etc made the initial install hard, but all is well and the > threads are intact. > thanks for calming me down. > > > >> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
