I noticed the same thing on my Atlantis. One thing to note. I was reading an old Rivendell Reader and came upon Grant's 12 bike tips (or something like that). One tip was - never grease tapered crank spindles. I thought about it for a minute and felt a little foolish. I thought about how the two pieces are machined for a perfect fit. The metals involved are fairly soft and the crank bolt is sturdy. Sturdy enough to give it a LOT of torque. The grease provides too much friction and aluminum begins to deform.
After a stuck seat post I grease every metal-to-metal contact on the bike. I noticed a burr on my square taper from the crank arm driven on a bit too far. So far it isn't a problem, but if I had done it for years I may have eventually shifted the chain rings too much. This can all be cured by replacing the axle and crank so it isn't the end of the world. -Jude On Dec 16, 12:11 am, Horace <max...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > It's pretty tight. But I figured, as long as there was _some_ clearance, it > didn't matter to me. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
