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BB needs tapping UK

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  1. I've got a bike frame thats need the Bottom Bracket treads tapping. Its not got any threads in
    there at all!

    If i cant get the threads tapped is there any other way round this problem?

    Jinx

    Birmingham, UK

  2. "Jinx" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I've got a bike frame thats need the Bottom Bracket treads tapping. Its


    not

    Quoted message said:

    got any threads in there at all!

    If i cant get the threads tapped is there any other way round this


    problem?

    Quoted message said:

    Jinx

    Birmingham, UK

    Take it to your nearest framebuilder. I would wonder why there are no threads in there though...

    Steve.

  3. Jinx said:

    I've got a bike frame thats need the Bottom Bracket treads tapping. Its not got any threads in
    there at all!

    If i cant get the threads tapped is there any other way round this problem?

    There were some frames built in the '80s that required press-in bearings. If this is one of them,
    chances are you won't be able to tap the BB shell to accept a "normal" BB.

    Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

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