Anybody knows how to tighten the lockring on those crankset? They are pretty old and they do not have the classic newer screw to avoid the slop/play.
Its a parallel movement to the crank axle, it moves sideways a couple of mm and the slop feeling when riding is awful.
first time it happened I only tightened the main bolt but it came back and now it reaches the end of the thread before being blocked.
by Il_vacca
2 Comments
If that is a GXP crankset (looks like it from the photos) these are setup by ensuring you have the correct number of spacers behind the BB (if it’s threaded) or on the crank spindle, then torque the bolt to spec. If it has slop, you got the spacers wrong. And do not ride it that way, you’ll damage the BB and potentially the crank.
So, yeah, there’s a way to fix it: you get the spacer setup correct.
get a picture like 4-6 inches away from the crank….this marla hooch pic is hard to tell.
