Crank Bolts Loosening. Truvativ.
Paul Sh
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Ok guys remedy time, the crank bolt on my Truvativ GXP Firex cranks keeps coming loose, i've tightened it up as much as i dare as the alloy bolt seems a bit to soft for the type of leverage needed to give it a full on tightening.
Any ideas on keeping it tight as have read it is a common problem with these cranks, Oh and is thread lock the done thing or should i not need it, Cheers.
Any ideas on keeping it tight as have read it is a common problem with these cranks, Oh and is thread lock the done thing or should i not need it, Cheers.
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This is the external bottom bracket version right? Which bolts are you tightening?0
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Ah, I see, it uses the one key release, and not the side pinch bolts like Shimano:
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowt ... d=122#sram0 -
Yes it is the external bracket version, if you could check this PDF out as this is the type of bolts i have, it's Step 4 Figure 4 on the PDF document.
http://www.sram.com/_media/techdocs/200 ... 5-r5-e.pdf0 -
If the bike is new, and you are torqeing it correctly, I'd phone the shop to be honest.0
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I use thread lock on my crank bolts. But in this case its still take it back time if it repeatedly comes loose.0
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