Post by kickstandman on Jul 13, 2016 1:09:14 GMT
Loctite on the left; non-drive side crank arm. I know loctite comes in red and blue; I opted for the more permanent one.
Not sure if loctite is in the UK, it's a real strong adhesive, glue, I suppose would be the word.
It's actually working, my left side crank arm came loose at the bottom bracket spindle. I gave it actually about a month's period for the loctite to tighten, I did not use that bicycle.
I heard it's pretty easy for a crank arm on the left to be ruined.
Sheldon Brown says though that the left crank arms are pretty generic, should you need to replace it.
One article from that website on Cranks: www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/installing-cranks.html
One or both of the cranks are ruined!* Once ridden in the "floppy" mode, the tapered square bore of the crank has been deformed and can no longer be secured on a spindle.
It seems the other webpage on Cranks written by Sheldon (the above is not) gave me a "improperly configured" message for the website.
And now, it will be touch and go until I can see whether this crank arm is going to stay solid, did okay today.
Not sure if loctite is in the UK, it's a real strong adhesive, glue, I suppose would be the word.
It's actually working, my left side crank arm came loose at the bottom bracket spindle. I gave it actually about a month's period for the loctite to tighten, I did not use that bicycle.
I heard it's pretty easy for a crank arm on the left to be ruined.
Sheldon Brown says though that the left crank arms are pretty generic, should you need to replace it.
One article from that website on Cranks: www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/installing-cranks.html
One or both of the cranks are ruined!* Once ridden in the "floppy" mode, the tapered square bore of the crank has been deformed and can no longer be secured on a spindle.
It seems the other webpage on Cranks written by Sheldon (the above is not) gave me a "improperly configured" message for the website.
And now, it will be touch and go until I can see whether this crank arm is going to stay solid, did okay today.
