I’m going to be putting my new uni together tommorow and I was wondering if you guys put any loctite on the crank arm bolts. I’ve never piece a uni together and I don’t want to mess it up from the beggining so let me know if there is a specific torque setting I need to use or what.
Seeing as the crank will be wedged onto the splines, there really isn’t any need for loctite on the bolt - just tighten it using an allen key with some kind of extension, to make it extra tight!
Just grease everything up, put some nice grease on the splines, bolts and cranks then slip them on and do them up real tight. Also what seems to work well is if you smack them with a rubber mallet then proceed to tighten them again it seems to drift them on further. I have taken my cranks off many times now and they come off and go on easy, grease is good stuff
Remember, if it’s made of plasticine it’s probably not very strong. On the bright side, it’s quite easily replaceable. And fits any interface, ISIS or not.
I seriously need help right now. I’m putting on the KH cranks but they just wont go on. I even tried tapping them on with a rubber mallet but still wont go on all the way!!!
I’ve heard (but had no experience) of the nimbus hub being too tight on one side and the cranks not going on all the way or, are you tightening the bolt? The hub I beleve is tapered so tightening the bolt is the only practical way to get cranks like that on.