grease the taper? YES. http://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/to-grease-or-not-to-grease/ <http://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/to-grease-or-not-to-grease/>
On Monday, May 21, 2012 1:00:32 PM UTC-7, Zack wrote: > > Ok, closing the loop - > > I rode it over to the LBS, as I wasn't getting anywhere. > > Sugino XD doesn't have one of the bolts inside, just FYI. Has the dust > cap cover thing, but that's it. > > Took some penetrating oil and a few minutes of using a crank pulling tool > that allowed for a long wrench handle. Must have been on really tight, it > was seized up a little bit. I don't think there is any way I could have > gotten it off w/ the little park tool, and neither did LBS mechanic dude. > > So it's off now. A follow-up question - > > do you guys grease the threads of the bottom bracket taper thing? LBS guy > said never to do that, could be why it was on so tight. wondering what the > riv approach is with this one. i haven't messed with the crank until now > (it came installed by riv when I got the Sam). > > any tips for putting the crank back on? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/K3RJGpQEuu8J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
