[CR]Now: Oil ports Was: Cinelli/Reynolds???

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:26:50 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: CR List <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: [CR]Now: Oil ports Was: Cinelli/Reynolds???

John Waner wrote:
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> my question is are the screws in the BB correct, I thought it should
> have a oil port on the top, didn't know about the hole/screw on the
> bottom

Italian practice was to put screws into the oil port and drain on the bottom bracket shell and also into the oil port on the backside of the head tube. I've also seen a screw used to plug the oil port on the top of the bb shell and a hex bolt to plug the drain on the bottom of the bb shell.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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