facing a bb?

welshkev
welshkev Posts: 9,690
edited January 2014 in MTB workshop & tech
after a frame has been resprayed, what does facing a bottom bracket actually involve? and can it be done yourself?

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    see the topic in the FAQs.

    and if you have the tools sure you can threads will most likely need a clean first. a good set is about 600 Quid.
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  • Ouija
    Ouija Posts: 1,386
    welshkev wrote:
    after a frame has been resprayed, what does facing a bottom bracket actually involve? and can it be done yourself?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppSJUhtmPjg
  • BigAl
    BigAl Posts: 3,122
    From Park tools (below)
    (not really a job for the average home workshop - LBS will probably charge about £15)

    The Park Tool BTS1 Bottom Bracket Tapping and Facing Set is a precision tool system which provides a piloted means of tapping the threads in the bottom bracket shell of a frame. After tapping, the taps act as guides to keep the included facing cutter perfectly square with the axis of the bottom bracket for cleanup of the faces of the bottom bracket shell.
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Cheers guys, lbs it is then :)
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Had mine done for £10 at my LBS - an awful lot cheaper than buying a facing tool.
  • BigAl
    BigAl Posts: 3,122
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    Had mine done for £10 at my LBS - an awful lot cheaper than buying a facing tool.

    That's the Yorkshire price. I pay a bit more in the South East

    I reckon about £3.75 in Cardiff!

    (I grew up in Cardiff, before anyone shouts, btw)

    Anyone remember 'Charlie's' in Grangetown. Legend. (You'll need to be at least 40 for that to ake any sense)
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  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    I'm 40, but I've never been to Grangetown...
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    I used to work in grangetown, but I'm not 40
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Driven through grangetown... fast. :lol:

    Which lbs you gonna use? They all seem extortionate atm!
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Driven through grangetown... fast. :lol:

    Which lbs you gonna use? They all seem extortionate atm!

    PS probably, they've always been good to me
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    PS cycles are always solid and reliable :)

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