I somehow decided to forgo all advise and muscle the grips on. Half way through though, I consulted the card, they came with and started lubricating with isoprop alc.
That’s when I dicovered how badly blistered my palms were...
It is indeed.
In fact I just replaced the BB this weekend and blistered my hands to blood installing a pair of esi grips.
Added a photo of the remains of the BB bearings...
Aww. Thank you all. I just love getting these compliments. :)