Re: New years bah humbug

On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:58:09 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Tell me again about how I should know that a crankset is getting loose when it is splined and isn't loose until it falls off.

If you description is correct and it's the left crank that's trying to
fall off, it needs to slide off the spindle to the left about 1/2 inch
before falling off.  It will probably happen in a series of small
lurches instead of one monumental slide towards oblivion.  That you
give you plenty of time to notice that your left leg feels rather odd
trying to apply pressure, at an angle, to the left pedal. 

If it's the right crank, it will need to slide to a larger distance.
However, that doesn't matter because the sliding will cause the chain
line to be misaligned.  That should produce a tangled chain and
probably a sudden stop before the crank and chainring fall off the
spindle.  You should also notice the right shifter indexing to be
moving to the right.


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