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This is a new one for me, was fettling the g/f's bike ahead of the GT7 tomorrow and found this on the end of the crank:
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_penman/7315429872/ ]IMAG0307[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_penman/ ]mark_penman[/url], on Flickr
I'm not concerned about it failing (for the moment at least) just found it odd, especially when you consider that these cranks have a steel pedal insert and washers on the pedal spindle. I found a similar (but not so obvious) crack on the non-drive and then found the same (but smaller again) on the XT cranks on my bike.
Anyone else seen this before?
Yes, there was a thread about this some time ago on XT cranks and IIRC the outcome was its nothing to worry about as its something to do with how they are made, ie a tube forged into the crank shape.
My XT cranks have got similar markings but not quite as pronounced
I think he means the line in between the two grooves
Here you go have a read of [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/cracks-in-cranks ]this[/url]
thanks for that boggy, had completely missed this when they HTIIs first came out.
Shall continue to give them a kicking then 🙂