Btm Brkt Threads

[Russell]

What is the difference between English and Italian threads for the bottom bracket? Does one of in clockwise and the other counter?

Thanks in advance.

[coylifut]

Italian = both sides clockwise
english = drive side counter, non drive clockwise

[Dave]

http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_bo-z.html#bottom

[Too Tall]

I JUST installed one and boy it's a g-dsend for dsylexics. Oooo, what a concept. Rightytighty Leftyloosey ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FREAKIN BIKE :)

[christian]

Great...until it unspins due to precession.

Italian bottom brackets are stinky stinky in my opinion. It's the one thing I really don't like on my Pegoretti. Keeping the right side cup in requires either teflon tape, locktite, or torqueing it HARD. No such problems with the english design.

- Christian

[Too Tall]

Talk to MadBiker man, he's my guide in these matters ;) The guy attended Torque-U as an undergrad. Yes, MB told me to use tape and gave a much higher torque for the drive side which I thought was not too much.