I'm baffled! Ughhh part 1

[ZE52414]

@MrColumbia is there anyway you would be able to answer any of these questions for me!? I would greatly appreciate it!!

 

[MrColumbia]

@MrColumbia is there anyway you would be able to answer any of these questions for me!? I would greatly appreciate it!!

I don't know the answer. Iv'e never seen one break before therfore never had to replace one. I do have several loose ones. If you give me the dimentions of the broken one I could try and find a matching one for you.

 

[ZE52414]

I don't know the answer. Iv'e never seen one break before therfore never had to replace one. I do have several loose ones. If you give me the dimentions of the broken one I could try and find a matching one for you.

You the man!

 

[ZE52414]

Here's the size difference in the cups.

 

[ZE52414]

@MrColumbia i hope this helps a bit. I appreciate everyone taking the time to help me out!! Thank you.

 

[bikewhorder]

I looked through some of my Westfield crank hardware but everything interchanged with non Westfield stuff.

 

[ZE52414]

I looked through some of my Westfield crank hardware but everything interchanged with non Westfield stuff.

The cups on my bike are a bit smaller than every other cups I have. I believe that has something to do with the problem. Regular cups won't even come close to fitting the crank housing. I'm guessing the junior roadster was just a little different than the others. Why I have no idea. :/

 

[SirMike1983]

The set up you bought looks like a 1940s-era set up for a lightweight Westfield.

I had to replace the bottom bracket from a 1940s-era ballooner Columbia a long time back. I found the same thing you did - subtle differences in bottom bracket parts that took place over time and make it so that stuff you buy online does not fit. Online it will look the same, but then you get it and it does not fit. I also had this issue with a Manton & Smith bottom bracket several years ago. It's just a symptom of trying to by very old, precision manufactured goods on eBay and similar places. You just buy based on the picture and basic description and hope it fits. Part of the landscape of working on these bikes, I guess.

 

[ZE52414]

The set up you bought looks like a 1940s-era set up for a lightweight Westfield.

I had to replace the bottom bracket from a 1940s-era ballooner Columbia a long time back. I found the same thing you did - subtle differences in bottom bracket parts that took place over time and make it so that stuff you buy online does not fit. Online it will look the same, but then you get it and it does not fit. I also had this issue with a Manton & Smith bottom bracket several years ago. It's just a symptom of trying to by very old, precision manufactured goods on eBay and similar places. You just buy based on the picture and basic description and hope it fits. Part of the landscape of working on these bikes, I guess.

Yea this bike has been a huge pain in my A$$. Not only the bottom bracket but my tires were a bit to big so I picked up another set of tires and they don't fit my wheels. Which how I have no idea. My wheels are 25" you would think any 700c tire would fit. Not the case here. Lmao.

I should have been riding this bike today!

 

[MrColumbia]

I just looked through my bearing stuff. I have some of the bearing cones for the other side that size but none on the ones that hold the sprocket to the crank. Sorry.