modrider666 Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) Hi everyone,Put my new echo bb in today and tightened the cups up preety tight and when i put my cranks on, if i held the crank and rocked it you could feel the axle moving in the bearings and theres a fair bit of play there.So i removed the cranks and tightened them more and the problem is still there .Please helpcheers Peter..... Edited August 3, 2006 by modrider666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 oooh..... the axle feel alright when its out the frame? and is there no dirt in cups?mat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Fried Rice Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 thats weird, maybe its faulty.JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modrider666 Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 External echoo bb by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNNy Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 May sound stupid but..Is it the right size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) May sound stupid but..Is it the right size?Sounds like the problem to me. What frame you got? Edited August 3, 2006 by Anal_Teflon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Those echo BB's are 68mm only.But that would mean it would be rocking by half a cm.I think they all rock slightly, once you get everything on and the chain tight you shouldn't notice.Faced BB shell would help too. And make sure the cranks are screwd right up against the BB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Smith Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 i had the exact same problem as you did with my echo external bb, i put it into my gu frame tightened it to around 60n/m and the axle had a little play in it, i couldnt figure out the problem, so i took it out and tightened it back up, still a little play so i tightened it even tighter and that sorted the problem, i htink the cups need to be tight up against the recess in the axle, to me the axle with the recess probably is a little out of tolerance when it has been machined........ who knowsbut all is well nowash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walker Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 i had the same problem, the cranks need to be right up to the cups, so keep tightening them, with a long allen key, ride a bit then tighten it, it will b right eventually.-Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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