Originally Posted by elTwitcho

I'm willing to bet the looseness you're experiencing is chain slack, and has nothing to do with your cranks. To check if your cranks are loose on the bottom bracket spindle, you would try and force them towards each other (ie, push them both downwards), if you feel any play you have trouble. I'm willing to bet this is not the case and that what you're dealing with is a loose chain.


You other guys that offered nothing but condecension suck. If you monkeys knew basic bike maintenance yourselves you'd have been able to give him a starting point to diagnosing his problem within 2 minutes