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BB/frame repair ?

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  • 19-06-2017 12:12pm
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    Johnny Jukebox
    Registered Users Posts: 658 ✭✭✭


    I have a carbon MTB frame with an alu BB which has come loose in the frame - I'd like to attempt a repair before I junk it so can anyone recommend a shop that would be willing to try a fix ?


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    Type 17
    Registered Users Posts: 2,730 ✭✭✭Type 17


    A bike shop is not the place to look for such a fix - an engineering shop might be able to help, if the loose part doesn't have too much play, and if there is enough contact area between the parts to give a good load-spread for an epoxy-type adhesive.

    If the BB is properly loose, or if only the edges of the parts touch, then it's junking time...


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    nordicb
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭nordicb


    Sorry to hear this. I had very same issue on 2 carbon frames. After calling few shops they were shrugging shoulders... Managed to repair one myself, but the other one had be binned...

    Have a pic by any chance? Is it an aluminum insert that BB goes into or BB goes right into carbon?


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