Carbon Assembly Paste on Threads?

[David White]

I am wondering if anyone has experience putting carbon assembly paste on
threaded parts such as a bottom bracket? I cannot find the instructions
that came with mine (not that I recall them being too great). I have
used grease, teflon tape, and (rarely) loctite on BB threads. But I get
slipping in the BB more often than I think I should. I think I am
putting plenty of muscle when installing and I generally want to avoid
loctite (I use blue on the fixed cup for italian and french threads). So
I am wondering if the carbon assembly paste might be worth a try. Any
comments? Thanks

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

On Jun 7, 1:40*pm, David White <whitedav...@fastmail.us> wrote:
> I am wondering if anyone has experience putting carbon assembly paste on
> threaded parts such as a bottom bracket? I cannot find the instructions
> that came with mine (not that I recall them being too great). I have
> used grease, teflon tape, and (rarely) loctite on BB threads. But I get
> slipping in the BB more often than I think I should. I think I am
> putting plenty of muscle when installing and I generally want to avoid
> loctite (I use blue on the fixed cup for italian and french threads). So
> I am wondering if the carbon assembly paste might be worth a try. Any
> comments? Thanks

Prepping the BB shell will dop more for keeping a BB cup tight than
this or any other material. BTW, we just had to cut a BB cup outta a
Bianchi that was loctited in.

[A Muzi]

> On Jun 7, 1:40 pm, David White <whitedav...@fastmail.us> wrote:
>> I am wondering if anyone has experience putting carbon assembly paste on
>> threaded parts such as a bottom bracket? I cannot find the instructions
>> that came with mine (not that I recall them being too great). I have
>> used grease, teflon tape, and (rarely) loctite on BB threads. But I get
>> slipping in the BB more often than I think I should. I think I am
>> putting plenty of muscle when installing and I generally want to avoid
>> loctite (I use blue on the fixed cup for italian and french threads). So
>> I am wondering if the carbon assembly paste might be worth a try. Any
>> comments? Thanks

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
> Prepping the BB shell will dop more for keeping a BB cup tight than
> this or any other material. BTW, we just had to cut a BB cup outta a
> Bianchi that was loctited in.

Next time take it up to about 180F degrees first. The paint will still
be OK but the loctite breaks down.
--
Andrew Muzi
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[jim beam]

A Muzi wrote:
>> On Jun 7, 1:40 pm, David White <whitedav...@fastmail.us> wrote:
>>> I am wondering if anyone has experience putting carbon assembly paste on
>>> threaded parts such as a bottom bracket? I cannot find the instructions
>>> that came with mine (not that I recall them being too great). I have
>>> used grease, teflon tape, and (rarely) loctite on BB threads. But I get
>>> slipping in the BB more often than I think I should. I think I am
>>> putting plenty of muscle when installing and I generally want to avoid
>>> loctite (I use blue on the fixed cup for italian and french threads). So
>>> I am wondering if the carbon assembly paste might be worth a try. Any
>>> comments? Thanks
>
> Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
>> Prepping the BB shell will dop more for keeping a BB cup tight than
>> this or any other material. BTW, we just had to cut a BB cup outta a
>> Bianchi that was loctited in.
>
> Next time take it up to about 180F degrees first. The paint will still
> be OK but the loctite breaks down.


maybe a little hotter, but indeed, that's absolutely the way to do it.