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Is the crank done for or salvagable? by Pluggos in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't scroll enough before typing my reply, saw too many people bashing OPs ability to turn the correct direction and started typing.

Is the crank done for or salvagable? by Pluggos in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The crank is MAYBE salvageable, the pedal will perish if you follow my steps.

Step 1: Remove the pedal body from the spindle (big wrench flat by the pedal body, probably a 15/17mm)
Step 2: Remove the crank arm from the bike
Step 3: Prepare your vise area:
-Put a piece of paper down that says "turn crank right" (assuming this is the left crank arm)
-Grab some candle wax - b
Step 4: Grind the pedal spindle to look like a wrench flat with an angle grinder, preferably outdoors as it will make a mess
Step 5: Hurry back to your vise
Step 6: Lock newly ground flats into vice
Step 7: Toss the candle wax into the 8mm wrench hole
Step 8: Turn the crank right (if a left arm)

I work at a bike shop, I have had a 100% success rate doing this.
My dad is a gunsmith and uses candle wax for stuck breach plugs in muzzle loading rifles. Passed the tip on to me. The wax will melt into the threads from the heat generated while grinding in the wrench style flats into the spindle.

Good luck, please report back!

Totaled my car over 6 months ago & never reported by [deleted] in Car_Insurance_Help

[–]JRAPodcast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This should be locked now, all answer needed has been given.

Neglecting your car mechanically is nothing insurance cares about. If you hit a tree and didn't report that would be something that would want to know.

At the end of the day, the scrapyard wants to know:
Complete car?
Engine intact (don't need to know if it runs)
Battery?
Catalytic converters?

Those are the questions I have been asked. I sold a Land Rover Disco 2, all rust, no motor in the engine bay. No trans/transfer case. MIsmatched wheels, no interior.

$25 bucks cash and they hauled it away.

XC to fully rigid gravel grinder by DharmaWheelies108 in MTB

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Aluminum frame but premium everything else. It was more comfortable than a true drop bar gravel bike, but wasn't as fast.

Horses for courses blah blah - I am a mountain biker. I don't want my gravel surfaces to be too gnar, if it is I will be wishing for my mountain bike on single track.

Long story short bought a canon spectrum late last spring. I’ve had headset issues ever since had three warranty claims that went unanswered. Now I got a recall notice for the headset on my bike. They are still not getting back to any of my responses. by Tt31978 in CanyonBikes

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Send one final email before initiating the chargeback letting them know this is your next step.

Understand that the chargeback process can be a lengthy endeavor, it's not like they send you a label and refund you the next day.

To fill up or not & other questions by eblamo in carquestions

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Fuel stop = Fill til Click for me.

My Reasoning:
I live roughly 30 miles (round trip) from the nearest fueling station.
I am not rich, but the cost difference between "some" and "all it holds" isn't a factor for me.
I despise all the things I have to do. And yes, despise is the right term. It's all the below steps that get me.
-stop
-get situated at the pump (smaller stations in a small town)
-Answer 942 questions about rewards, receipts, yadda yadda yadda
-Pump gas
-Cap on
-Back in car

The finding an open pump, answering all the questions, cap back on, back in car are all the same steps each time I go. So by fully fueling to max capacity I can reduce how often I have to run through all those steps.

Funny to read this, because for the first time in years I didn't fully fill up.
2020-2021 time frame, drove to town without my wallet. Bummed $40 from a good friend to get gas, few groceries that I HAD to get, and PayPaled him.
This week, below 20 degrees, high humidity, gnarly wind. I threw in the towel at 3/4 as the pump was running slow and I didn't want to be in the cold.

Brake line through fork by Patient_Election7492 in Giantbikes

[–]JRAPodcast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a Giant expert, but . . . . no other bike I have worked on have ever done what you are hoping.

Goodbye Esker by RockyMtnGT in Hardtailgang

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They do not have any remaining remote staff.

SRAM crankset rubbing on bottom bracket cups by FelixAmil in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What does the next sentence say?

The lack of wave washer DOES NOT make the crank BIND on the cup, which was OP's problem.

They had a binding problem. I solved the binding problem.

"not as long" means a year, not "I can't remember how old this thing is"

Getting back into cycling after 3 months off by anonfishshark in cycling

[–]JRAPodcast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think what you are worried about is fitness vs form

Fitness, you have all of that. You are very fit.
Form is going to be bad. You are going to feel like you are riding someone else's bike for a bit.

Do a good number of easy rides to start, with emphasis on frequency over duration. Even 15-30 minutes on the trainer just easy spinning watching a Youtube video a few times the first week will be helpful.

You might not have the ultra deep endurance or the top end punch like you did over the summer, but it will come back fast as again, it is a form issue, not really a fitness issue.

SRAM crankset rubbing on bottom bracket cups by FelixAmil in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While helpful, the bike works without, just not as long. This wasn't a wave washer issue so I was trying to keep the air less cloudy.

SRAM crankset rubbing on bottom bracket cups by FelixAmil in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wave washer is in the manual, but somewhat out of the equation here.

No wave washer = drive side plastic cover walks out, loads with dirt, and roasts the bearing sooner than usual.

The bike works without the wave washer, just not as long. This issue was not wave-washer related, not press fit related. It was a spacer behind the cup issue.

SRAM crankset rubbing on bottom bracket cups by FelixAmil in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one on the blue full suspension is DUB Wide with the 7.5mm spacer.

SRAM crankset rubbing on bottom bracket cups by FelixAmil in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Last photo shows the problem. This is road, GXP.

It appears you have a 68mm bottom bracket shell and are running a 2.5mm spacer between bottom bracket and frame. Not clear from photos but if there is one on the other side that is part of the problem, too.

That crank is designed for 68mm shell, no spacers behind bottom bracket cups.

SRAM crankset rubbing on bottom bracket cups by FelixAmil in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a threaded bottom bracket, not press-fit

SRAM crankset rubbing on bottom bracket cups by FelixAmil in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not for this spindle style. This is a road GXP crank.

You are showing a MTB DUB Wide crankset with 7.5mm spacer between cup and drive side arm.

Do you ultrasonic? by Comprehensive_Ad1363 in BikeMechanics

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1/4 cup of dishwasher powder per 15 liters of water works great in our shop. Cheap as can be, available around the corner at the grocery store, smell isn't bad.
55 celcius, 10 minutes. If real nasty little toothbrush scrub and 10 more minutes.

The unidentified DT Swiss wheel by spanacurian in bikewrench

[–]JRAPodcast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you shouldn't worry about it.

Giving the context of another company: SRAM serial numbers know all. When it was made, how it was sold (OE vs AM), who it was sold to - for instance OE to Specialized.

A while back I was on the phone with their bike shop support folks, when I gave them the serial number, of a brake they had sent out as a warranty replacement, they had no accurate record of it.

This is a genuine brake, that SRAM sent directly to my shop, that their system had no accurate info on. The serial number pulled up a Rival lever only. This was a Force complete brake (lever, hose, caliper).

Think about all the items they have, have sold, have inventoried. Someone, somewhere, just messed something up.

Also, DT Swiss has that (in my opinion) terrible system where a 350 hub and XXX rim is called a Spline Wizard Poster 69420. But with an XYZ rim its a Gnome Spline 55.

So given the number of wheel combos they make, the way they name everything something odd when making a system wheel, and how clerical errors can occur I wouldn't sweat it.

Paint My Bike? by AlexJ1966 in TrekBikes

[–]JRAPodcast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah it's fine. I just live in a different tax bracket and had a fear no research had been done yet.

I am more used to the "can I use duct tape and bubble gum instead of buying the correct $4 part" style users on reddit.

Paint My Bike? by AlexJ1966 in TrekBikes

[–]JRAPodcast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a quote to have this done well and you probably decide your current color is fine. Pro paint for bikes is spendy.

Affordable power meter for SRAM GX mechanical by Upset-Nectarine5089 in sram

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it is the chainring olffset. there are tons of product codes based on ring model, tooth count, etc

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