Re: [CR]Viscount BB Replacement?

(Example: Racing)

Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:41:02 -0600
From: "jeremy" <jerryhay@swbell.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Viscount BB Replacement?
To: Jim Wittstruck <witt@visi.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <20010123023855.0F5A78247@breg.mc.mpls.visi.com>


The Sutherlands manual suggests tapping the bb to italian threads and using a normal threaded bb.
Jeremy Haynes
kansas city


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Wittstruck
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Viscount BB Replacement?



> Hey, Jeffrey!
>
> How could I know that as I was banging away on my wife's old Viscount,
> stripping it after 20 years in storage, someone else was doing the same thing?
>
> I was pretty surprised, and disappointed, when I got to the BB and found the
> strange pressed in spindle setup. Like you, I wonder
>
> a) what to do next
> b) is there any way to do a replacement
>
> and also
>
> c) what is the point?
>
> After all, isn't this the bike with the suicide aluminum fork?
>
> When you and I find out what to do next, I'll proceed. Until then, the
> parts go in a box, and I look around for some OTHER bike to tear down and
> rebuild....
>
> Hey, what do you think of the old Shimano ders. on there? Is there such a
> thing as vintage shimano parts? I think these must be from the mid to late
> 70's.....
>
> Jim Wittstruck
> 49 and counting
> Viking rider
>
>
> At 07:23 PM 1/22/2001 EST, you wrote:
> >If anyone has advice on the replacement of the bottom bracket cartridge on a
> >late model Viscount I would greatly appreciate it. The only thing I have
> >heard so far is that I should just bang on it with a hammer until it pops
> >out. Can anyone confirm this advice, or recommend a different method?
> >
> >Also, any recommendations for a replacement BB would also be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jeffrey Dallas Moore
> >New Jersey