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y no copper grease? I assume you mean anti-sieze?
Because it's designed to both lubricate and stop dissimilar metals from chemically bonding. It does this by having lumps of other metals floating in it.
If you want to stop your press fit bb from pinging and popping, putting a load of grit in between the press-fit surfaces aint gonna help :)
Because the fit is so tight - the shell is smaller than the bearing - very little can get between the two anyway, but a spot of normal grease won't do any harm, but personally I don't bother.
Others use retaining compound like loctite (the glue that spotter is referring to).
Howard-
Because it's designed to both lubricate and stop dissimilar metals from chemically bonding. It does this by having lumps of other metals floating in it.
If you want to stop your press fit bb from pinging and popping, putting a load of grit in between the press-fit surfaces aint gonna help :)
Because the fit is so tight - the shell is smaller than the bearing - very little can get between the two anyway, but a spot of normal grease won't do any harm, but personally I don't bother.
Lots of conflicting method from several mechanic result in I using copper grease on the shell, so far it stopped creaking, most of the issues I've gather were poorly fitted alu cup in the carbon Cannondale, no matter what you can do, it'll compress the bearing making it gritty.
It sound not too dissimilar to the old guys who claim that you don't put grease in bottom bracket spindle to prevent it from damaging the cranks (!).
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I assume you mean anti-sieze?
full name would be the Loctite copper based anti sieze, so yeah that what I meant.
edscoble
I'll bite, y u no copper grease?