>From what appears to be two distorted corners on the left crank arm. The arm, without tightening down, seems to sit on the spindle "funny". Not like the right arm does.
However, it could be I had over-greased everything. But that would not explain why the crank worked fine for a couple of hundred miles, then started. More likely it had been slowly working loose. With my riding style it probably means the damage is there. Might clean off the grease from the spindle and re-install everything. Then take on a 20-40 mile test ride. But am not sure want to risk it a day before a 3 day trip with the wife. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jul 23, 7:51 pm, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Eric, > > Why are the cranks "beyond repair"? > > Angus > > On Jul 23, 7:41 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > Well, it may have been too much grease on the spindle. Quite a bit > > when I cleaned it off. Things were fine for a month or so. Then the > > looseness became apparent. > > > Frustrating as two cranksets are now beyond repair. Couldn't even > > make a single work, as one was 170, the other 175. Sigh. > > > At least the crank on there now is reliable. Rode 20 miles on it > > today without problem. > > > Eric Platt > > St. Paul, MN > > > On Jul 23, 12:08 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > on 7/22/10 7:51 PM, Seth Vidal at skvi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > Are you using a torque wrench to get the cranks to the desired > > > > tightness? > > > > > I've found that since getting a torque wrench things fit together a > > > > lot better when I assemble them. > > > > True. > > > > Also, with square taper cranks, you _do_ want to grease the bolt threads. > > > Makes getting the proper torque much, much easier. > > > > I've found that after installation, a ride of 1-2 hours followed by > > > re-torquing the bolts tends to eliminate loosening after an install. > > > > - J > > > > -- > > > Jim Edgar > > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > > > "'You both ride your bike?' He held his hands out and grabbed imaginary > > > handlebars, grinning indulgently, eyeing Tom's helmet. Double disbeleif: > > > not one, but two grown Americans riding bicycles." > > > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
