Originally Posted by
pandita
I recently took off my old crankset on my road bike conversion.
I used the crank extractor to remove it (This is my first time ever messing around with cranks)
Then I slipped in the new track cranks.
I used a rubber mallet to smack it in as far as it went, then tightened it down as much as I could.
It rides fine, but whenever I track stand of balance myself I see the right side of the crank wiggle back and forth...
Should I be worried? >_>
Help.
I have no idea what possessed you to use a mallet to install a crank. That's a good way to have the end of the spindle shave the arm and make a crank wobble.
But if it spins true you've dodged that bullet and it's probably OK. It's normal for chainrings to appear to flex when the cranks are heavily loaded. The key is the difference between flex and wobble, so it's up to you to determine which it is.