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Eseman
Having some trouble with a threaded bottom bracket. The drive-side is threaded fine, all the way against the frame but the left side needs to be very loose for the spindle not to seize. Simply threading it by hand just a bit more into the frame so it's not loose anymore will immediately seize the spindle. So when usually you can find that soft spot of no side to side play and smooth turning, in this case that soft spot happens when the left side cup is completely loose and can be unthreaded easily just by using your fingers on the inside teeth.
Is this a shit bottom bracket, could it be the frame? It's italian threading so I don't have another BB I could try. Should I just let it be and use loctite on the threads to hold the left side cup in place?