I have a Phil BB on my Rambouillet that I purchased in 05. It's never been touched. Last weekend on a long ride it started clicking. I don't feel anything - just an annoying cricket-like sound on every stroke. I've never had a BB go bad before and most of my experience has been with old fashion Campy BB's. Is this sound a sign that the bearings are shot? George S
On Feb 6, 2:35 pm, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't remember seeing this on the Phil Wood Web site, nor the > required tool. If it's that critical Phil ought to be selling a > simple tool to check it. What about other cartridge bb, like White or > King? Do they have the same sensitivities? > > Michael > Westford, Vt > > On Feb 6, 10:20 am, John McMurry <johnmcmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Peter White has said before that premature failure of a Phil bottom > > bracket is due to the bottom bracket shell threads not being aligned. > > > Here's an excerpt from one of these discussions: > > > "For a Phil Wood BB to last, the frame's BB threads must be chased > > with a > > tool that indexes one side of the shell with the other so that the > > threads on each side share a common axis. Campagnolo and a few other > > companies make tooling that, when used properly, ensures that the > > threading is correct, and then, and only then, will you get the full > > life of the Phil Wood bearings." > > > from here: > > >http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=touring.10709.0545.eml > > > Makes sense to me. > > > John McMurry > > Burlington, VT --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
