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  • 'clicking' bb/axel……….. and locktite…….
  • alpin
    Free Member

    a few weeks ago i lost the plastic screw that loads pressure against the crank before fixing it on the axel. the crank worked loose and it didn't realise. i then happened to jump some stairs and the crank pulled itself half off the axel.

    it caused a bit of scoring to the straight threads on the crank. i smoothed it enough with some funky angled files so that it would go back on the axel.

    there is now a new screw in place against the crank and it's tightened up properly and hasn't moved in the last five outings. but, there is now a distinct 'click' sound on each rotation of the crank.

    do the BB's (external type) make a 'click' sound if they're knackered or is it more likely to be the crank moving a little and making the sound?

    if the latter, would a drop of locktite fix it by filling in the area of play? how easy would it be to remove a locktite crank off the axel?

    cheers

    J

    allthepies
    Free Member

    axle darling, axle.

    alpin
    Free Member

    it's not a word i've had to write in ages. thought something wasn't quite right…… 😳

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