I have found for me that it takes about 10+ rides of check and tighten after every ride before it's set and won't tighten any further. After that it seems to stay that way forever.
~Mike~ On Jul 22, 7:51 pm, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:09 PM, EricP <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dunno, maybe my Sam Hillborne has a personality. Or at least a > > preference for parts. As in, it's cranky. > > > A ride to the grocery store to get some Welsh cheddar cheese and > > Vermont smoked bacon after work precipitated the left crank arm coming > > loose. As in, wobble and about to fall off. Huh. Now, not only is > > that the second time in the past week this has happened, but it is now > > the second Sugino crankset and Tange bottom bracket this bike has > > rejected. > > > Luckily, still had the replacement crankset/bottom bracket combo that > > was removed a couple of months ago for this Sugino. After a bit over > > a half hour of work, the Shimano Deore with external BB is back on the > > bike. Thankfully hadn't thrown the spacers into my parts bin or > > anything. > > > Now, am not blaming anyone or anything. The crank that just failed > > was used. And more than likely there was an error in my installation. > > Just sort of funny that with the more traditional build of this bike, > > the crank is thoroughly modern. > > > Aww, if nothing else, it gave me an excuse to pull out that pun of a > > subject line. > > Are you using a torque wrench to get the cranks to the desired tightness? > > I've found that since getting a torque wrench things fit together a > lot better when I assemble them. > > -sv- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
