On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2. No grease on square taper spindles. It encourages installing the crank > too hard to the point of splitting it. > I think it's not a big deal either way, but here's Jobst on the subject, via Sheldon: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/installing-cranks.html I also would be really surprised if you could split a crank by driving it up the taper with normal hand tools. Take your time, and think about what you're doing. This is one place you can really mess things* up, but you probably won't! Best, joe pdx or * mainly the extraction threads (not getting the tool threaded in properly) or crank arm taper (by failing to get up to torque) On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. I've never used a torque wrench, but I've been doing this stuff as long > as Mark has and probably have am internal torque sensor in my head. Torque > wrenches are a good thing. > > 2. No grease on square taper spindles. It encourages installing the crank > too hard to the point of splitting it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
