Creaky cranks

[WD Pro]

No !

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[WD Pro]

From Park (values are in lbs) :

Crank bolt (including spline-type cranks and square-spindle cranks)

Shimano 305-391
Bontrager® 310-380
Campagnolo®312-324
FRA® (M8 bolt) 304-347
FRA® (M14 steel) 434-521
Race Face® 480
Syncros®240
Truvativ® 384-420 ISIS Drive
Truvativ® 336-372 square type White Ind® 240-300

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[The History Man]

That's like me standing on the socket wrench!

 

[mk1Matt]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try with grease and see how I get on.

Torque settings are useful - I normally just go with b*stard tight, but a little accuracy won't go amiss!

 

[WD Pro]

That's like me standing on the socket wrench!

It's not as tight as you would think ...

350 (in-lb) = 29.2 (ft-lbs) = 39.5 (Nm)

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[bren]

Re: Re:

Grease the splines.
Grease the crank/spider interface.
Grease the spider/ chainring interfaces.
Grease pedal/ crank interfaces.
Grease BB threads
Use steel chainring bolts.
Copperslip would do

Would have been far quicker to just type 'grease everything'

Yup, brake pads. Always grease your brake pads :? :facepalm:

 

[watcyc]

what kind of frame are you running? sometimes the bottom bracket will creak in an aluminum frame, which can be corrected by pulling the b/b, using teflon plumber's tape on the threads and re-installing

 

[mk1Matt]

what kind of frame are you running? sometimes the bottom bracket will creak in anremember tuminum frame, which can be corrected by pulling the b/b, using teflon plumber's tape on the threads and re-installing

Klein Adroit Race from 2000. BB is fine - I tried an old set of cranks and it's creak free. I'll remember that tip though.

 

[M-Power]

That's like me standing on the socket wrench!

It's not as tight as you would think ...

350 (in-lb) = 29.2 (ft-lbs) = 39.5 (Nm)

WD

Thanks for clarifying that WD. For a minute I thought they were supposed to be tightened more than car wheel bolts at 120Nm

 

[The History Man]

Puts scaffolding pole back behind shed.