F
Floyd Sense
Guest
I have a new Ultegra bottom bracket (68mm x 118.5) to install and notice
that the cup or screw-in piece that secures the non-drive side is aluminum.
First, when I slide this piece over the axle/bearing assembly as far as it
will go, the remaining space is about 69.7 MM, a bit larger than the 68MM
width of the bottom bracket piece of the frame. There were no spacers
included - should this piece screw in far enough to be tight against the
mounting without using spacers? Second, the aluminum piece does not screw
in very easily - it appears that there is some material in the bottom of the
outermost threads. I wonder if it's some sort of adhesive material, or
perhaps they shipped me a unit that someone had tried to use Loctite on!?
Is it common for this piece to be hard to insert? It's not cross-threaded
as I can back it out and there's no damage to the threads.
that the cup or screw-in piece that secures the non-drive side is aluminum.
First, when I slide this piece over the axle/bearing assembly as far as it
will go, the remaining space is about 69.7 MM, a bit larger than the 68MM
width of the bottom bracket piece of the frame. There were no spacers
included - should this piece screw in far enough to be tight against the
mounting without using spacers? Second, the aluminum piece does not screw
in very easily - it appears that there is some material in the bottom of the
outermost threads. I wonder if it's some sort of adhesive material, or
perhaps they shipped me a unit that someone had tried to use Loctite on!?
Is it common for this piece to be hard to insert? It's not cross-threaded
as I can back it out and there's no damage to the threads.