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Old 06-23-15 | 11:42 AM
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From: Stillwater, OK
Originally Posted by dalava
This is what I found:

As you can see, the adapters go directly onto the bearing with no outer seal between the bearing and the adapter. If the outer seals are left in place, the width would be too great, and that would explain why the crank won't spin freely.
Good pic, but for whatever reason I still can't wrap my head around why being too wide would cause the crank to not spin freely.

Originally Posted by Campag4life
The crank needs to come off, so remove it.
Take the Wheel Mfg Adaptors off
Take pictures of the bearings pressed into the frame.

When these steps are accomplished, you are well on your way to solving it.
Your bike shop tech is an idiot. He has proven that by what he did. That bike should have never left the shop without the crank arm bolt torqued to spec. Your spacing is too wide. It likely isn't the parts but you may have an extra seal or spacer in there you shouldn't have.
If there is no wave washer or no adjustable lockring for preload adjust...or...if not built to proper spacing which yours is not, then it is built improperly. You start by removing everything so we need to see the parts. Leave the bearings in the frame for time being.
Ya know you got me thinking, I wonder if the seal on the drive side got left on there from when I removed it from my other bike that used a regular english gxp bb... I'm going to text my buddy at the shop these things and see what he says.

Thanks for the help guys, hopefully this gets resolved quickly.
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