Adding another voice to the "ride it cracked" crowd. I've installed, ridden, and otherwise abused BBs with a crack all of the way across the threads, and they worked fine for as long as the BB lasted. Moreover, I once ground most of the threads off the drive side of a cartridge BB because the frame wasn't threaded all of the way into the shell, and no shops have french threaded BB taps anymore.
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Andrew Johnson <ashtab...@gmail.com>wrote: > I am working over the new 66cm Quickbeam, and saw the cranks were > flopping, which turned out to be from a loose BB. It's a sealed cartridge > Shimano unit, had been installed by Riv. I guess the rings came loose, and > the previous owner hadn't noticed. > > BUT... the left side ring is plastic, is that normal? And, it's > split/cracked across the threads... is that normal? Or a sign of wear and > fatigue from the floppiness? > > - Andrew, Berkeley > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
