Drwecki

Hey all, I got an old Raleigh Grand Prix. It has square taper cranks on it now, but the spindle is bent enough for me to notice the crank teeth move away from the chainstay... Anyways, I know it's not the crank because I have two straight cranks and I've put them both on and they both do the same thing. I haven't ripped the bb out yet, but I measured the shell and it measures 73mm. Which lets me know that my Raliegh probably has the 26tpi cups (even though one of the cups has a 5n38 stamped into it (which is now just confusing me)). Anyways, I'd like a new spindle and read from sheldon that the 7n series spindles from Japanese Mountain bikes is what I'm going to need. Anyone know of a source? I'm doubting it but maybe? Any other solution for bending the spindle back to being straight

Torchy McFlux

So you've got "7N" stamped into your old spindle?
Forget about trying to straighten it. Can't be done.