Originally Posted by
the sci guy
Wow lots of the exact info I was needing. Thanks everyone!
Do y'all think it's necessary to service the BB? It hasn't been ridden since about 1994. I don't have any of those tools and I certainly don't want to wait 4 weeks and pay a shop to do it. I mean, I can order the tools, but $$$. It wasn't ridden a heck of a lot between the time it was purchased the time it began hanging in the garage (per the guy I bought it from). I'm not sure how the whole thing rides aside from the test ride I did.
Is it instead possible to just put a new modern BB in with a matching spindle length?
To install a new BB you still need the tools to remove the old one. Any bottom bracket that has been sitting for 26 years should be serviced. That one is well worth saving