Peter: You are correct on both points. High mileage riders and / or tough conditions may shorten the life to a couple of years. That's why I can't get too excited about SKF or Phil's.
dougP On Oct 31, 10:40 am, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > Isn't the UN54 only like 20 bucks? I would think that even with labor at > the lbs you are taking 40 bucks max. Seems like small potatoes for > something that lasts for 5 years... > On Oct 31, 2011 1:31 PM, "Philip Williamson" <philip.william...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I cracked the plastic left BB cup on my Quickbeam a couple weeks ago > > trying to get rid of a creak. Yes, overtightening it. After 7 years of > > perfectly serviceable plastic cup life, so the service life seems > > acceptable to me. > > Yesterday I took the cup out, greased it up and put it back, crack and > > all. Creak appears gone. > > > Philip > > > Philip Williamson > >www.biketinker.com > > > On Oct 31, 12:24 pm, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > While I agree that steel is a better material for the cup, I replaced > > > the original BB on my Atlantis with a UN-54 with the plastic cup. A > > > couple of years ago I noticed it had developed a crack. The crack > > > does not seem to effect anything so I've not bothered doing anything > > > about it. > > > > dougP > > > > On Oct 31, 7:30 am, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Andrew, > > > > > I'd say the UN54 is not really work saving with an UP-Cup, since > > > > decent replacement tange bbs are not that expensive. I'd say buy a > > > > replacement UN54 plastic cup ($3) and sell that BB on ebay or save it > > > > for another bike. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
