Press fit BB, to glue or not ?

[Ridgeway]

I’ve luckily managed to avoid PF BB’s for over 10yrs. Now a new build is chuffing PF 🤔 read the BB manufacturers recommendations and they suggest some regular grease in the cups before insertion, it’s what i would have done. But the frame manufacturer suggest loctite 641 ie a retaining compound (ok not a glue in that sense). Never used that in a press fit so need some advice.

Hoping for a quiet BB life🤔😙

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Hoping for a quiet BB life🤔😙

That aint gonna happen. Both those remedies are just there to make you feel that you've tried, but somehow didn't do it quite right.

 

[Ridgeway]

That aint gonna happen. Both those remedies are just there to make you feel that you've tried, but somehow didn't do it quite right.

I know, I know 😮‍💨

Threaded BB any time but I just fear this one is going to drive me mad like the last one 😢

 

[cyberknight]

My best bike is press fit and i have had it about 9 years , its never creaked apart from when a LBS buggered up fitting a new one and didnt tighten up the bolt holding the lh crank on .

 

[Jameshow]

I’ve luckily managed to avoid PF BB’s for over 10yrs. Now a new build is chuffing PF 🤔 read the BB manufacturers recommendations and they suggest some regular grease in the cups before insertion, it’s what i would have done. But the frame manufacturer suggest loctite 641 ie a retaining compound (ok not a glue in that sense). Never used that in a press fit so need some advice.

Hoping for a quiet BB life🤔😙

Google hambini he must have something on it?!

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[Webbo2]

Silvia over on the snapped BB would clearly the man to advise on this.😉

 

[Shortfall]

Google hambini he must have something on it?!

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Was gonna say same. Never owned a press fit but from watching Hambini and similar vids it seems to boil down to the fact that press fit is a great idea that can be ruinous in practice due to the atrocious tolerances of some frames.