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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Clean on May 02, 2011, 05:05 PM
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Peeps,
A quick nOob question; should my Crank Arms fit easily onto the shaft, do they need a little "assistance" or do they need twatting on? ???
Worried that if it is the latter I may have the wrong shaft for the arms. :(
Are all OS Bits configured with a square, very slightly tapering, interface between the arm and shaft? :-\
All input gratefully received. :daumenhoch:
Thanks,
Clean.
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with a square taper,just place the crank arm onto the spindle then tighten the spindle nut/bolt till tight.
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with a square taper,just place the crank arm onto the spindle then tighten the spindle nut/bolt till tight.
Tried that. Arms go on about 1/4 of the way then become immovable. Tried "encouraging" them with a knocking stick but got nervous so stopped. ::)
Upon removing the arm I can see light scraping on the taper and square hole which, to me, suggests that there may be a mismatch? :-\
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yes,tapers sound totally different.
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yes,tapers sound totally different.
:'(
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Not all 3-piece cranks used a square-taper spindle but a lot did, ie aluminium arms from SR. Sugino etc, as well as a few cro-mo ones ie Redline/Sugino 400s. Some do take a bit of work to get on. Are the surfaces clean? If it's a 3-piece cro-mo crank you might need a tiny bit of copperslip grease.
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there are different size tapers from different manufacturers, it sounds like yours may not be compatable.
what make arms and bb spindle are you using?
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Richard, YGPM.
The original BB and spindle is still here, I just bought you a new one to make sure it was all nice and shiny when I flogged it to you - should have just cleaned the original one :-\
Serves me right for trying to give you NOS when bad-ass used would have been fine :yahoo_silent:
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Richard, YGPM.
The original BB and spindle is still here, I just bought you a new one to make sure it was all nice and shiny when I flogged it to you - should have just cleaned the original one :-\
Serves me right for trying to give you NOS when bad-ass used would have been fine :yahoo_silent:
:daumenhoch: