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Re: am I ruining my crank?
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Trevor Schroeder
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Aug 07, 2006 09:05 PDT
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On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 08:54:35AM -0400, Alan Abrams wrote:
| | Anyway, any advice would be welcome. If it's just normal to maybe have
to adjust the front derailleur a little bit after removing (and
reinstalling) the (same) crankset, I'd sleep a little easier at night.
. . . And, yes, I _am_ going to ask around more to see if I can find a
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If you had installed a different crank as well, you might be on to
something, but given that you've just replaced the rings, you're
probably on to something.
I'm assuming this is square taper rather than spline drive. Park Tool
has a nice howto, including a link to appropriate torque here:
http://parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=103
Jobst Brandt has a somewhat contrarian article here:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/installing-cranks.html
Being a Stanford mech-e, I'm generally inclined to believe his well
reasoned arguments against age-old bicycle industry and repair canon,
but I've heard convincing counter-arguments from another cyclist
mech-e, so take it as you will.
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