And Argos here in the UK will ream the bottom bracket shell and fit a sleeve with new British threads - they will epoxy it into place if its necessary to preserve the paint or braze it in if the frame is being repainted. Cost is a very reasonable 40 GBP which equates to about $65-70.
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
> In a message dated 5/13/2003 11:15:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> fred_rednor@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << > Euro Asia has some Mavic BBsets left, but mostly
>> triple road and atb lengths... Finding the chamfering
>> tool is another dilemma entirely. >>
>
> The Mavic deal doesn't work that hot any way.. a certain number of hard
> riding folks find it works loose.
> I have that tool as well if anyone wants that done anyway..(Peter Gilbert, I
> found it!!)
Dale Brown wrote:
> There are other ways to repair stripped threads..
>
> Methods without screwing up paint:
> - You can rebuild the interior with epoxy and then tap new threads into the
> resin. (85% good?)
> - You can ream & re- tap Italian (A royal pain)
>
> Methods that fry paint:
> - Fill in goobered up threads with brass (Brazing) and retap
> - cut BB shell longitudinally with a hack saw, clamp together, braze and
> re-tap... (Messy!)