The QB is shipped with a JIS crank/bb, 103mm spindle. It's really unlikely that RBW mis-installed the crank. How long has it been creaking? Did the bike shop install a new bb not knowing what kind to use?
Faced with creaking, I would remove the crank and bb and re-install. Clean the threads, grease them, and re-install the bb. Put grease/beeswax/lanolin on the spindle, install the arms, and tighten the crank bolts to the proper torque. Go for a ride and then tighten the crank bolts again. Some will say to dry install the crank arms. Shelon and Jobst Brandt say grease: http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/installing-cranks.html If your lbs didn't know what kind of bb, I'd guess they are accustomed to external bb's/BB30, and perhaps there is a more retro friendly bike shop you can find. jim m wc ca On Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:04:33 AM UTC-7, Tex69 wrote: > > My LBS is having a problem dealing with a nasty creak in the BB area of my > (silver) QB. They don't seem to know what BB would be best, whether to use > ISO or JIS, or whether the crank (standard Sugino crank that shippped with > the QBS) is the issue. The most recent is that the BB installs fine and > that the crank arm might be rounded off and not setting. > > Any QB BB wisdom would be appreciated. My QB is a low-mileage sunny-day > machine that has 2000 miles or less. IMHO, it should have a trashed/rounded > crank unless it was mis-installed in some capacity. I ride and rarely > wrench, at least on BBs and cranks. > > thanks > > Tim S > Louisville KY > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
