it may be cracked, which is another consequence/symptom of loose. <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/aP1207649.jpg>
On Monday, May 26, 2014 6:30:32 AM UTC-5, blakcloud wrote: > > As a crank arm loosens off its tapered steel bottom bracket axle, the > wiggle room allows the square taper hole to become misshapen. This happens > over very little time as the crank arm is made of softer aluminum that the > harder steel bottom bracket spindle. Depending on how long you have ridden > with it loose, typically determines how misshapen the hole becomes. Tony, > if the arm was loose only for your ride I wouldn't worry about it but if it > was loose for a week, but you only noticed it that morning, there could be > a problem. The only way to know is tighten the crank bolt and see what > happens. If you tighten it and it becomes loose again, time to replace the > crank arm. > > It is one of those lessons in life you learn once and it never happens > again. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
