It might still be ok - worth torquing it down and trying it. If it is shot, the Sugino XD crank arms are sold individually for example: http://www.jensonusa.com/Sugino-XD-Crank-Arm
IanA On Monday, May 26, 2014 7:24:29 AM UTC-6, Jim Bronson wrote: > > In that case mine is probably ruined then - I rode it at least 25 miles > continually stopping and tightening it. I didn't really have a choice > though, I was in the middle of nowhere and needed to limp it back to some > semblance of civilization where I had enough cell phone signal to call for > help. > > On Monday, May 26, 2014, blakcloud <blakc...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > 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. >> > > > -- > Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! > -- 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.
