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Hello all,
Thanks for your help in the topic:
Phil Wood Bottom Brackets Interchangeable?
I did get the Phil Wood bottom bracket with the
Italian threads from Ebay. My bike has French threads.
It was a very old bottom bracket, the people at the
bike store said. Perhaps from the seventies.
It turned out that my spindle was 70mm in length.
The Phil Wood was a little shorter; 68 mm.
I got the French rings/cups, and the tools to install it.
Interestingly, the cups would not go in very far. See here:
http://www.geocities.com/condor_222/dscn1828.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/condor_222/dscn1830.jpg
I would have expected that they would have gone in
all the way. But the housing of the sealed unit
prevents this.
The ring on the chainwheel side, is about 1/2 way in.
The ring on the other side, is only about 1/3 of the way in.
Question: is this ok? Or, should I worry, and buy
another unit that would have a narrower sealed unit?
That way, the rings would go in all the way, and there
would be more threads to hold the unit in place.
I have to say, it sure is smooth! And not a sound from
the bottom bracket. So, when I pedal slowly down
a quiet road, I hear the wonderful silence. Very Nice!
I should have done this years ago.
Thanks for your help in the topic:
Phil Wood Bottom Brackets Interchangeable?
I did get the Phil Wood bottom bracket with the
Italian threads from Ebay. My bike has French threads.
It was a very old bottom bracket, the people at the
bike store said. Perhaps from the seventies.
It turned out that my spindle was 70mm in length.
The Phil Wood was a little shorter; 68 mm.
I got the French rings/cups, and the tools to install it.
Interestingly, the cups would not go in very far. See here:
http://www.geocities.com/condor_222/dscn1828.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/condor_222/dscn1830.jpg
I would have expected that they would have gone in
all the way. But the housing of the sealed unit
prevents this.
The ring on the chainwheel side, is about 1/2 way in.
The ring on the other side, is only about 1/3 of the way in.
Question: is this ok? Or, should I worry, and buy
another unit that would have a narrower sealed unit?
That way, the rings would go in all the way, and there
would be more threads to hold the unit in place.
I have to say, it sure is smooth! And not a sound from
the bottom bracket. So, when I pedal slowly down
a quiet road, I hear the wonderful silence. Very Nice!
I should have done this years ago.