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Old 04-15-20, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by oldveloman
Hi all,

My '54 BSA was in need of a serious service, so I took apart the Bottom Bracket.
There was sufficient wear on the axle and cups, so I dug up my box of spare BB-parts, only to find out BSA used a different pitch than Raleigh...
Also, the nuts on the BSA 3speed are different than the Sturmey Archer ones.
Anyone knows the size or has some spare parts lists or anything to confirm?

Peter
Raleigh had their own thread pitch of course; didn't BSA just use the same English thread everyone else other than Raleigh used?
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