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I respectfully disagree with using locktight on a bicycle (although if you decide to use it, then do not use red, only blue).
If you have an Italian or French threaded bottom bracket, the right side can come loose due to precession (like pedals). The best solution is to put a liberal amount of grease on the threads and tighten the cup with all your might!!! Use a fixed cup tool with a mechanism for securing the tool to the fixed cup for three piece bottom brackets since purchase with a box/crescent or even a normal fixed cup wrench is not sufficient. ride away, and check it in a few weeks to make sure its still snug.
I doubt it is your lopsided chain tension. but if you want to fix that I suggest loosening your chainring bolts enough so that if you tap your chain with a wrench your chainring will center itself. They can't be too tight or too loose or this won't work. once you have them right, turn your crank arm until the tight spot is engaged, then gently wack your chain with a wrench or hammer. This will shift the chain ring on the chain ring bolts a little to better center your chainring. It will take a couple tries to get it right. tighten your bolts back up and your ready!
good luck!
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We need some more info. It sounds like something isn't quite right. What size tires are you using? What is your wheel size? Do you have a picture?
if you got 700's (622mm) with a skinny tire (say 19-23) and you can't fit short reach (39mm) calipers on the fork, then the person who drilled the hole screwed up. If this is the case, you can use a drop bolt in reverse. if It comes to that, I'll show you how to do it.
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The shop employee is wrong. It sounds like whomever you talked to is not familiar with converting a road bike with horizontal drops to a fixed gear road bike. Next time, you can use this opportunity to educate your mechanic. Bring in a friends bike, or print some photos to make it clear.
for some reason nothing but the OP loaded the first time i looked at this post. my bad.
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The shop employee is wrong. It sounds like whomever you talked to is not familiar with converting a road bike with horizontal drops to a fixed gear road bike. Next time, you can use this opportunity to educate your mechanic. Bring in a friends bike, or print some photos to make it clear.
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It sounds like your frame can be fixed. Small bends in the rear triangle on a steel frame can be fixed quite easily by cold forming (read bending). Sheldon brown has a good tutorial on his site.
Use a piece of string like he instructs, tied around the head tube and going through the drop outs.
You can align the dropouts with some homemade tools. when the drops are parallel, and the distance to the string at the seat tube on both sides is equal your rear triangle will be aligned and you can dish your wheel to be centered on the hub AND the frame.
Good luck, and go slowly!
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It sounds like your cups are stuck. let GT85 or even WD40 sit in there overnight. Also, the less hits with your hammer the better, so swing away. If you tap lightly all you will do is deform your copper tool. A couple strong wacks should break it free. If not, GT85 again overnight. They will come out.
I've seen people use it, and I'm absolutely positive it won't harm your bike, however, when you want to take your bike apart and clean the frame, for example, you need a different solvent to remove the loctite. A normal degreaser will not be able to remove it. The reason I don't use it is because the job can be done without it, thus saving a headache for the future when you go to clean your bottom bracket threads. This is the only reason. go ahead and use it if you want.
I currently have a Mondia with French threading, and previously a pug. the only difference for me with maintaining these rides is pulling the cranks and tightening the fixed cup whenever I clean the drive train.
and yes, I'm new here. someone from your group posted over in bike forums recenly, and I'm just visiting. ;)