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oldskoolg60:
I bought a 3 piece crankset to replace the OPC on my mongoose. Now I've fitted it the correct way , but when I tighten the non drive side up to seat the bearings, the chain ring ends up touching the chaiinstay

Ive put a couple of washers in between the chainring and tophat bearing washer thingy and that seems to do the trick of pulling it away from the frame. Has anyone else had this problem? The washers i used are 4mm thick but theyre not big enough in diamter to go over the axle so ive jammed them in there to see what size id need, now I need a washer of 40mm outside diameter, 23 ish mm internal and 4mm thick to space it out .

meerkat333:
you could get one made up but a cheaper option would be going to a bolt supplier / hardware store (altho dont think b&Q would be any good)
you may need to buy a couple to get the stack height of 4mm
23mm ish internal ? if the diamater of the crank spindle/axle is 22mm a 7/8" washer would be suitable (7/8" = 22.22mm plus they add clearance for bolt so would probably be the 23mm u are looking for)

bear in mind u may need to move your rear wheel over to keep chain in same line, which also may cause problems with freewheel hitting chainstay etc
only other thing would be fitting a smaller chainwheel if u can get it to work in your current set up

oldtired:
post up some pics :daumenhoch: assuming it's not an ally crankset with  tapered OS type bottom bracket,  it reads like your missing the spacer/ dust cover cones  , should have one thick one and one thin one ,they should be with the bottom bracket ,   thin one goes on the drive side

oldskoolg60:
This is the kit I got.

oldskoolg60:
This is it fitted with a couple of washers in there temporarily to take up the gap, until I can get a washer made up. 

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