Pulled my 500th bottom bracket out of the parts bin and my hands finally stopped shaking

Drew Wright · 2026-10-07T22:25:03.865404+00:00

I keep a little tally in my notebook and realized this morning I just hit rebuild number 500 since I started doing repairs out of my garage on Vernon Street. The first hundred took me a whole year, the last hundred took 4 weeks. The thing that surprised me is I can now feel a worn bearing by hand before I even pull the crank. How long did it take you folks to stop second guessing every torque spec?

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