Campag Ultra Torque bottom bracket bearings

ravoire

Can anyone give me some indication as to the mileage I can expect to get out of Campag Ultra Torque bottom bracket bearings.

Monty Dog

Depends on riding conditions and whether they were installed correctly. You're lucky to get more that a year if riding in all conditions out of any external BB IME.

hugo15

2,500 mainly dry miles for mine, which was one year.

chriscycling

hugo15 Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject:

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2,500 mainly dry miles for mine, which was one year.

2,500 in a year,By mavic freehub is still going strong on around 12,000 miles(one year) i serpose it depends on how much you freewheel.

hugo15

chriscycling wrote:

2,500 in a year,By mavic freehub is still going strong on around 12,000 miles(one year) i serpose it depends on how much you freewheel.

Very interesting post.......... but the topic is about Campag Ultra Torque Bottom Bracket Bearings

Pennine Daz

Replace mine every year

gkerr4

sorry - bit of a noddy question....

how do you actually replace the bearings on the UT cranks?

I thought they were bonded to the shaft / non-drive pedal - are they easily removed and are spares available?

keef66

My 105 HT2 bearings are 3 years old and still smooth. Mind you, that's probably only 3000 miles. I ride all year round, but I do have full guards for the wet, and the cups have been removed and reinstalled a couple of times.

Chrissz

gkerr4 wrote:

sorry - bit of a noddy question....

how do you actually replace the bearings on the UT cranks?

I thought they were bonded to the shaft / non-drive pedal - are they easily removed and are spares available?

You need a 2 leg bearing puller and a sleave for replacing them. The puller sits over the spindle/axle, grips the bearings and pulls them off as you wind the nut in, the sleave is then used to install the new bearings straight and true withoud damage (it impacts on the inner race) - doddle of a job with the right tools.

BTW my CULT BB bearings have done 2yrs/8k miles with no problem at all.

domhnall_dearg

My Chorus UT bearings have done about 3500 miles in all weathers and are still running smoothly. All I've had to do is take the cranks out to regrease the cups occasionally which only takes 10 minutes.

Park Tools do a removal/installation set including a puller and sleeve for about £45-£50. I believe that, with some modification, you can use pretty much any 2 or 3 leg bearing puller though.