Drew: The mechanic may have cross-threaded it. Velo Orange sells, or sold, a bb bearing assembly that didn't require threads and was meant for odd bb types, odd (Swiss? French?) threading; or messed up threads. I've used one and it works fine.
Or perhaps he didn't and the threads, unchased, were just tight. I've cranked hard to install bb cups myself without damaging anything. Indeed, unless the mechanic was completely incompetent, I'd find it hard to believe that he'd apply a lot of force without knowing what he as doing; bike shops don't make money on messing up customers' bikes and shop managers don't let complete idiots haul away on customers' expensive frames. Options: take it apart and find that the threads are irremediably messed up and you have to get a frame builder to fix them, or get a VO bb bearing assembly, and go back to the shop and argue for damages. Or leave it and ride it and postpone the day of judgment, meanwhile investing in a VO bb assembly to stash for the future. Good luck, and let us know what happens. On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 6:28 PM, drew beckmeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > preface: im not much of a mechanic. i can install and adjust most allen > wrenchy components, but beyond that, i go to a bike shop. > > so, i got my hunqapillar frame a few months ago and i got a standard issue > shimano bb to have installed. took it to a local used bike shop and had the > guys put it in, since i dont have the tool or previous knowledge of how to > do this. i watched them and it looked like it was taking some work. hard > cranking, working it in and out etc. grease was used, but they didnt chase > it. it struck me as not the easiest/somewhat rough install, but id never > seen one installed before, so what did i know... > > bike rides fine. bb is smooth, no sounds, no wiggle, no complaints. > > Cut to me, now, watching instructional videos. i stumble upon a bb install > video and it seems like theirs went in much easier than mine. this makes me > nervous. > > i call a higher end and reputable bike shop and tell them this story. > mechanic says "it might just be that it wasn't chased. it might be that > they stripped the threads and if we take the bottom bracket out, one will > never go back in again." i ask if what he would do if he was in this > predicament. "we can check it out, but i would maybe just ride it until you > need a new bottom bracket because if the threads are gone, we cant fix it." > > obviously, this makes me infinitely more nervous and sick to my stomach. > > what can you tell me? what would you do? how likely is it that this is a > deathblow? > > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
