Originally Posted by
auchencrow
POSI-LUTELY! Never ever mate steel and aluminum without something in between.
Of course if the PO failed at that, the upside here is that caps are a heck of a lot easier to remove than a galvanically-welded seat-post.
The covers for the 6400 crank set are chrome plated plastic with a small slot on the side for removal and simply broke when I pried them out of the crank arms.
Brad