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The Street => The Bike Shop => Topic started by: Cmb4130 on April 19, 2017, 06:17:40 PM
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Pedal snapped off my cranks on Sunday, so I bought new ones. Didn't feel like putting too much effort into the whole thing, so I bought the same cranks (updated ones).
The spindle reads 113mm so I bought the new ones in the same exact 113mm size but they don't fit the same as the last pair.
There is 2mm of slack in spindle when I slide them on.
How could this be? They are the EXACT SAME cranks?
The cranks are e*thirteen "the hive" xcx.
I will post pics if my discription doesn't make sense.
Thanks in advance!
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did you use the same spacers/dust cap things off your old cranks/bb?
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Same spacers.
When I measure the spindle, the one is longer than the other.
Which explains it. But they are BOTH 113mm spindle.
I wish there was a way I could tighten the arms from both sides.
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Put a 2mm spacer on either the spindle or behind a BB cup if it's threaded. Cycling is fucked and everything is wrong.
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If they're updated, they're probably 3mm wider to accomodate bikes with boost axle spacing, using a spacer behind the cup, rather than them having to change the design of the spider to push the chainring out the required amount?
Regular Columbo here.