Timeline for My crank fell off, how do I re-attach it?
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| Jan 18, 2012 at 17:44 | answer | added | Glenn Gervais | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 9, 2011 at 14:20 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/134274208489410560 | ||
| Oct 27, 2011 at 23:44 | answer | added | conipto | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 22:35 | comment | added | heltonbiker | @DanielRHicks : these kind of spindled cranks could very well not show any "loosening" because it is not tapered like a traditional square one. I think that is why he didn't noticed it untill the very end (fortunately no one was hurt). | |
| Oct 20, 2011 at 21:41 | comment | added | Jason S | If you add the make and model of your crank to your question it will be easier to answer. | |
| Oct 18, 2011 at 15:38 | comment | added | jrockway | Should have made that an answer, but don't have enough detail on the problem to really do it well. But basically, if you tighten the thing to the listed spec and it falls off again, the crank is dead and you need another. Whether or not this happens with splined cranks I'm not sure; I had a bike that used one once, but I tightened to the listed spec and everything went wonderfully :) | |
| Oct 18, 2011 at 15:34 | comment | added | jrockway | The torque you list is for the bottom bracket cup. Once the crank falls off due to lack of tightness, you need a new crank and maybe a new bottom bracket. This is not true of cranks that are kept on the axle with pinch bolts, but you don't seem to have this type. If you keep tightening the crank onto your perhaps-misadjusted bottom bracket, you can eventually split it. If you can risk it, try tightening to the max listed torque on the crank's bolt. My bike says 40Nm, and that's what I tightened it to. (But mine is a JIS crank, not an ISIS/Octalink crank.) | |
| Oct 18, 2011 at 2:51 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | Here is info on crank installation (and removal). | |
| Oct 17, 2011 at 23:02 | answer | added | Jason S | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 15:22 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | You probably should be more observant in the future. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 12:27 | vote | accept | Tom77 | ||
| Oct 13, 2011 at 12:24 | comment | added | Tom77 | Didn't notice anything wrong until it fell off... | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 12:26 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | I do have to ask: Didn't you notice that the crank arm was loose? | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 11:13 | answer | added | Daniel R Hicks | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 10:28 | history | asked | Tom77 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |