That radius cut ends right where the crack begins which is what I'd expect. That radius is there to relieve stress. Maybe a larger radius would help. Im more heavy duty applications, that area would be shot peened to relieve more stress. Glad that it happened at a red light and that VO is giving you great service.
On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 2:31:07 AM UTC-6, Benedikt wrote: > > I seem to remember seeing a similar post to this a few weeks/months ago > but here it is ... > My VO crank that had 13,000 miles on it busted this morning on my way into > work. I was at a stop. Pushed down with my right foot, locked my left clip > in, pushed down with the right and "clunk" crank arm came right off. > Fortunately I wasn't going that fast, hammering down the road. What causes > this? Do ALL cranks have a life span? These are an aluminum alloy. > Here's a pretty good picture of the break - > https://www.flickr.com/photos/neutralbuoyancy/16320815710/ > > - Brian in Seattle > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
