以下引述自Park Tool:(http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/bottom-bracket-tapping-and-facing-bts-bfs) "....Additionally, some bearing system benefit from having the faces of the shell square to improve bearing adjustment and bearing longevity. If the shell faces are deformed, and are not parallel to one another, the left and right bearing may not be concentric to one another. Machining the shell face improves concentricity."
以下摘錄自Bike Race Info "The fixed cup and lock rings have flanges that lock up against the sides of the shell. If the sides of the shell are uneven instead of machined smooth, there isn't enough contact surface area to get the cup to lock on and stay in place. Sometimes, cups that chronically loosen in use will stay tight after facing the bottom bracket shell. Also, there is a little bit of clearance in the threads of the cups and the bottom bracket shell. If you screw a cup into the shell part way, you can wiggle the cup a little because of the space between the threads of the cup and the threads of the shell. If the shell sides aren't parallel to each other and perpendicular to the threads axis, the cups can actually be tipped a little off center as the cup's flange contacts the shell's misaligned side. When this happens, it is impossible to get the bearings to run true. Bottom brackets with spindles that get tight and loose as the spindle turns may have this problem. This is exactly like the cheap headset problem discussed in facing the head tube." (這篇關於frame prep的文章非常棒,可惜很少有車店在組車時這麼厚工講究的)