Originally Posted by
blakcloud
That bike has a 73 mm shell. Old mountain bike and I found the specs listed
here.
Just measure it to confirm.
Two possible solutions have already been mentioned, cross threading and bottom bracket cable guide. Again someone else mentioned using the old bottom bracket cups to clean up the threads, then try the new bottom bracket.
You know, I saw that, and I also saw that the 95 does not have the bb shell width listed. It's possible one could have bought a 95 bike in 96, and that it was a transition year.