Bottom bracket id please

[biggs682]

After some help identifying what kind of bottom bracket this is, hell of a long story that I won't bore you with.

Also what crankset this would take ?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Campagnolo Ultra Torque and it only accommodates a Campagnolo Ultra Torque crank. Nothing else.

 

[biggs682]

Campagnolo Ultra Torque and it only accommodates a Campagnolo Ultra Torque crank. Nothing else.

thats what i thought it was so am i right in presuming then only campag ultra torque cranksets then ???

 

[Yellow Saddle]

PS, what is the steal in your sig all about?

 

[biggs682]

PS, what is the steal in your sig all about?

it goes back a few years and its stuck

 

[Yellow Saddle]

it goes back a few years and its stuck

Keep the theft? Strange?

 

[biggs682]

Keep the theft? Strange?

thats me ...strange

 

[Psycolist]

Anything to do with BIGGS ?

 

[accountantpete]

They are threaded on a standard road BB shell so just remove them with a Shimano Hollowtech II tool and insert a BB of your choice. Make sure they are English threaded though.

 

[biggs682]

They are threaded on a standard road BB shell so just remove them with a Shimano Hollowtech II tool and insert a BB of your choice. Make sure they are English threaded though.

@accountantpete thats where it gets messy it has been bonded in place using epoxy resin ............

 

[Yellow Saddle]

@accountantpete thats where it gets messy it has been bonded in place using epoxy resin ............

Probably for a reason and I suspect damaged threads on the frame. That's a good solution to the problem then since those adapters can stay in place forever and you just replace the bearings as and when needed. But, it does need a Campagnolo crank though.

 

[accountantpete]

The cups do wear but I would think that they would last at least 5 - 10 years unless you let one of the bearings wear badly - in which case they soon start sticking and wearing the cups away.

It could be that the cups were working loose through pedalling - I have a bike with good BB threads but the cups still work loose and the solution was ptfe tape. They may have taken a more drastic course to deal with the problem.

So it might be worthwhile looking to see if a little heat will enable their removal.

If you go with the Campy cranks ( which will still work with Shimano BTW) you will also need a wavy washer for the left hand side cup.

 

[biggs682]

@Yellow Saddle @accountantpete yes threads were a bit worn from what I was told. Going to try the warming approach and a threadless bottom bracket knowing that it will more than likely need some remedial paint.