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PF386 ...what does it mean ?

kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,162
edited June 2019 in Workshop
Have a mystery creaking (more like knocking) when go up the steeper hills.

Everytime i google pf386 ...i just get i fo about bb386 and bb386 evo ...is that what i have ?

Bike is CF kuota khydra ...its still under warranty, but its a good drive back to shop where I brought.

I heard about all the problems with press fit bbs, which is what I presume i have...but would like to know the quality/reputation of the pf386 ?

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  • rafletcherrafletcher Posts: 1,235
    PF = press fit.
  • itboffinitboffin Posts: 20,034
    my Scott CR has the same BB standard and yeah its a nightmare finding the exact model, my advise get in touch with kuota and ask them what they recommend.

    https://shop.fullspeedahead.com/en/pf30bb386-bb-road
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  • AlejandrosdogAlejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    https://wheelsmfg.com/bottom-brackets/bb386evo.html

    Stick one of these in and you’ll never creak again.
  • kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,162
    was is the difference between pf386 & bb386 ?
    Kuota lists the Khydra as having both ?

    http://www.kuotacycle.it/int-en/node/1750
  • imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 11,717
    As far as I'm aware, PF386 is just another way of describing BB386EVO, that's all. I have a bike with 386, fitted with an Enduro adaptor to take a HT2 chainset - no issues with it at all.
  • kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,162
    Imposter wrote:
    As far as I'm aware, PF386 is just another way of describing BB386EVO, that's all. I have a bike with 386, fitted with an Enduro adaptor to take a HT2 chainset - no issues with it at all.

    Thanks thats what I was after.

    From what I have read then BB386EVO isn't a particularly troublesome bottom bracket.
  • kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,162
    Took it back to shop - looks like I am another PF victim, Faulty BB - will be upgraded and replaced under warranty.
  • StillGoingStillGoing Posts: 5,207
    My Reacto has a BB386 Evo and creaked from almost day one. As I use Rotor 3D24 cranks, I switched it to a Rotor BBright 4624 and hasn't made a sound since.
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  • keef66keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I think the BB386 describes the bottom bracket shell in the frame. PF386 describes the actual bottom bracket which is pressed into the aforementioned shell.

    Glad you're sorted.

    @ ITB: the CR1 has a simple BB86 shell, no? Mine came with a bog standard Shimano press-fit BB71 in place, still smooth and silent after 6 years. Possibly because it never goes out in the wet and /or I have the power output of a small child.
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