Mod Man Leo Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Well on my Freeride GT , on a square taper the thread is gone, not the frame outer shell thread but the one aculy inside the taper for the crank bolt, should i just go chainreaction and get a LX for £15. or shal i salvage it?my Dad saugested getting it tapped or hellicoiled , i dont know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(chief) Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Well on my Freeride GT , on a square taper the thread is gone, not the frame outer shell thread but the one aculy inside the taper for the crank bolt, should i just go chainreaction and get a LX for £15. or shal i salvage it?my Dad saugested getting it tapped or hellicoiled , i dont know?hey it would be easyer and cheaper to just buy a new bottom bracket try tarty n chain reaction to see witch is the cheapets it always helps to search round for parts to get the best deal.chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod Man Leo Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moza Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 with a helicoil you would have to drill and the hole bigger, this would therfore reduce the amount of material in your bb axel making it weaker and more likley to snap. and also you would have trouble tapping the heat treated steel that bb axels are made from. to be honest i would just get a new one for the sake of £15.moza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianttrials Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Thats true, it would be pointless even attempting to re-tap the thread. Just buy a new BB and an LX should be alright i'd say. What i would reccomend is that you don't get a XT or XTR BB because they're to weak for trials (Because they're XC BB's).Hope this helps mate,Ben g WST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod Man Leo Posted January 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 yeah, just orderd a lxCheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thread repair Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Well on my Freeride GT , on a square taper the thread is gone, not the frame outer shell thread but the one aculy inside the taper for the crank bolt, should i just go chainreaction and get a LX for £15. or shal i salvage it?my Dad saugested getting it tapped or hellicoiled , i dont know?the thread repair kit would cost more than £15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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