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Title: work this one out!!
Post by: steve on May 24, 2010, 11:30 PM

(http://i.ebayimg.com/24/!BtgWz)w!mk~$(KGrHqUH-C8EvEy12gnWBL8RtkmECw~~_12.JPG)
looks liek it says 19mm Amer on the label
yet inside the  'opened' bag, looks like 2 euro bearings with 2 us cups, without bearings?
whaddya think?

Title: Re: work this one out!!
Post by: steve on May 24, 2010, 11:40 PM

do mid bearings fit the us cups?
oh i see, amer-mid
american or mid
-you simply fit the mid bearings into the us cups?

Title: Re: work this one out!!
Post by: Del on May 24, 2010, 11:50 PM

yep, I've had a BB set like this before, the mid bearing just press into the cups so you can use them on a US BB

Title: Re: work this one out!!
Post by: steve on May 25, 2010, 12:09 AM

oh poop, that only cost me a fiver - i then went and paid full price for one as i thought it were wrong
-oops
 :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: work this one out!!
Post by: steve on May 25, 2010, 12:13 AM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gusset-Pigmy-OKR-Axle-19mm-Pigmy-Axle-Only-48-spline_W0QQitemZ390146190946QQihZ026QQcategoryZ109118QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3911.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8301666457417352616
thats gonna work with it?
with profile cranks - i have mini ones with a thread for a cap - so i can then use the built in extractor do-nut doofers?

Title: Re: work this one out!!
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on May 25, 2010, 08:11 PM

 :) Should fit fine but thought the thread was for a a crank extractor rather than a cap?

Title: Re: work this one out!!
Post by: steve on May 25, 2010, 09:14 PM

yes, you can get self extracting bolts, -could years ago
-problem is, gusst use left hand threads
-anyway, i shall just get some right handed ones
-pah