As an introduction, I'm a blissed out owner of what may be the only (?) Hilborne Orange Atlantis. My rideable stable has diminished to the point that I only have my Atlantis in running condition and I haven't really found it to be a problem, it seems to be the only bike I want to get on and ride anyway; ref to earlier post regarding whether or not you could live with just one bike. To get to the point, the original bottom bracket I installed in the Atlantis has finally given up. I don't know how many miles, I gave up odometers when I built this bike, but it has served me well over the last few years. I ordered a replacement, the original was the Tange cartridge that Riv used to carry, and I received a Shimano BB-UN55. I've always had good luck with Shimano so I replaced the Tange. I installed my cranks, Sugino XD2, on the new Shimano spindle and I have found that I cannot get the cranks to seat well. Plenty of the creaking and snapping that I've always associated with square taper cranks not fully installed or seated well. My question is this, does anyone know of any differences between the taper of the Shimano and Tange spindles? I always thought a JIS taper is a JIS taper and just about any JIS crank would fit well on any JIS spindle. The cranks are not new, in fact may be pretty worn, so I thought this may have been the cause. Do square taper cranks take a set with respect to the spindle they are installed on originally and then possibly not seat well on a different spindle when re-installed?
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