Campag Centaur BB - WTF?

Smokin Joe
Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
edited May 2008 in Workshop
I am fitting a Centaur bottom bracket, and the Campag manual says to insert the cartridge from the left hand side of the frame, as opposed to the other side for Veloce and lower spec. Yet the fixed cup on the cartridge has "Right" marked on it. It is an Italian thread so the cartridge will fit both sides, is the manual correct or have they made a mis-print?

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  • rustychisel
    rustychisel Posts: 3,444
    "CAMPAGNOLO - Proof that there really is a God"

    Ha ha. more fool you for taking HIS name in vain. :wink:
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    I\'m only escaping to here because the office is having a conniption
  • stoobydale
    stoobydale Posts: 535
    If it's the black centaur BB that uses the same tool as the chainblock, i fit mine by putting in the RH side cap then putting in the main body (cartridge) from the left, then fitting the LH side. Torque up right, torque up left. Never had any problems. Mine is english thread though but I can't see it making a difference.
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    stoobydale wrote:
    If it's the black centaur BB that uses the same tool as the chainblock, i fit mine by putting in the RH side cap then putting in the main body (cartridge) from the left, then fitting the LH side. Torque up right, torque up left. Never had any problems. Mine is english thread though but I can't see it making a difference.
    Cheers stoobydale, that is what the manual says too.
  • Steve928
    Steve928 Posts: 314
    Can't see that it really makes a difference whether you put the RIGHT (flanged) cup in along with the cartridge from the RIGHT side, or just the cup alone then slide the cartridge in from the left..

    Either way the fixed/flanged cup marked RIGHT goes on the right hand side/drive side of the shell, as shown in the instructions. Picture 1 page 21 in my booklet.

    Only the 'right hand support' will 'tighten snuggly' against the RH shell face, the other would turn on in..

    So I think the manual is correct but you may have mis-understood it Joe? It makes sense if you pull both cups off the cartridge, but is misleading if the fixed cup stays on the cartridge as per normal - 'cause then it goes in from the right!

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