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Is it possible to put a bottom bracket meant for a 73 mm bottom bracket
shell into a shell meant for a 68mm shell with the requisite 5mm of spacers?
I know physically it would be possible, but do you run into structural
and/or safety concerns (not to mention the wider Q factor).
Thanks.
LR
LR said:Is it possible to put a bottom bracket meant for a 73 mm bottom bracket
shell into a shell meant for a 68mm shell with the requisite 5mm of spacers?
Yes!, but you mean a 2.5mm spacer (2.5mm on each side = 5mm)
If the bottom bracket has a shoulder on the drive side, you only need
one 2.5mm spacer (Some bottom brackets ship with a spacer, so you can
use them for 68 or 73) - No shoulder means 2.5 mm of threads showing on
each side.
Quoted message said:I know physically it would be possible, but do you run into structural
and/or safety concerns (not to mention the wider Q factor).
Done it many time before. Only the body is 5mm longer. Spindle is the
same length, same Q.
-n
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