fastpedaller wrote: ↑14 Apr 2024, 8:17pm
If you have the means to make a spacer to fit inside the left cup that will be ideal - the other possibility is to use a 73mm BB in a 68mm shell thus achieving enough width for a lockring, The BB can then be assembled without preload on the bearings and indeed the inner sleeve can be 'removed/ cut away' so the bearings can be greased sufficiently.
That is the plan,the left cup has a generous amount of thread which leads me to believe that a spacer (or two) will work
Brucey wrote: ↑14 Apr 2024, 9:33pm
would it not be just as easy (if not even easier) to make a spacer to be fitted to the spindle? I suspect that you can make something suitable out of an old spoke. btw if the bearing outers are a sliding fit in the cups (or the inners a sliding fit on the spindle come to that), it isn't a bad idea to use bearing fit compound or similar.
Possibly and that is another option.
Cyclothesist wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024, 8:19am
I'm interested to know why you needed to completely split the central spacer? If it didn't move as easily as the one in the video in the linked thread wouldn't a blunt punch and hammer applied nearby one bearing produced enough distortion to get the first bearing off? Your spacer is then much more easily repurposed. Of course it's always easy to be the armchair critic after the event so I'm assuming there's a reason that wasn't an option.
I did attempt to knock the bearings off but they were reluctant. I could have used heat but chose instead to remove the spacer and use a puller. This was a knackered spare BB from my winter fixed wheel bike so nowt to lose! Not having a spacer means re-packing the bearings will become a simple task and a good fit for a low maintenance easily maintained bike. So long as I end up with an easily serviceable BB I am happy
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