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This is the question my original post asked. I thought that it must be the case that these cups went onto the shoulder of the bearings. Thank you!
However, with everything greased, it takes alot of force to turn the cups to a point where I'm hesitant to continue forcing it. But at this point the spindle feels tight and not as free as it should?
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@BTR88
Yep they should slide over the shoulders of the cartridge so that the cartridge should sit in between the cups with the ends/faces of the cartridge touching the teeth on the inside of the cup. Attached is a picture of what it looks like when the cartridge is slid into the cup.
That way, the whole assembly should be 67mm wide and so should not protrude from your BB shell which is 68mm wide, unless the BB is not centred. I think in your case it must be that the cartridge just won’t slide into the cups properly. Have you tried screwing in one cup completely and then tightening down on the other side, with the insides of the cups as well as the shoulders of the cartridge greased?
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