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Old 03-30-12 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by dphi
Hmm.. yours fit a lot deeper onto the spindle taper, but as others have said, that could be due to manufacturing tolerances. It's also a different model crank, so maybe that has something to do with it as well. Can you comment on the asymmetry of the spindle? Is one taper longer than the other, and if so, which side is DS and which is NDS? I've found conflicting info on this subject.
I was trying to show manufacturing variables, especially between 2 supposedly identical Stronglight spindles.

Up through the late 70s most BB spindles were asymmetrical.The drive side was longer.

One other thing, on used crank arms there is not that much difference between JIS and ISO tapers... Per Sheldon Brown (rip), it fits it works!

I think that I posted some notes with the pictures,

Chas. verktyg
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