Is there any thing you people can recommend so I can keep my current crank set.
current is a fsa mega evo 68mm replace the bottom bracket aprox 3mth ago and It feels stiff took crank off and bearings are ruff now so I'm looking for a replacement.
Last bottom bracket was changed under warrrenty by halfords and not happy to take it back there a second time.
Thanks.
No doubt others will say that it doesn't work but I run a Superstar HTII bottom bracket on my FSA Comet chainset, have done for a year with no problems and miles better than the rubbish that FSA make. A friend uses an XT BB with their Comet again a year or so with no worries.
So any HTII 24mm BB should work, although the axle on FSA cranks is slightly (like less than a mm) larger than other HTII cranks so it can require a tap with a rubber mallet to fit/remove. This doesn't seem to affect the life of the bearings.
I couldn't bring myself to pay £40 for an FSA BB that would seize up in 6 months of riding.
I bought a second hand xt cransket with bb
Put an fsa gossamer cross chainset in an XT bottom bracket. Was a tighter fit than a shimano bb would have been but runs perfectly.
Paid fifty quid for a Deore crankset that came with HT II bb. Just fed up of faffing about with the bloody thing.
So any HTII 24mm BB should work, although the axle on FSA cranks is slightly (like less than a mm) larger than other HTII cranks so it can require a tap with a rubber mallet to fit/remove.
Yep, supposedly different, but a good whack with a rubber mallet will do it. Even a cheap Shimano BB will last loads longer than the FSA.
Thanks for the info.