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Old 09-04-15 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 50voltphantom
What I took away from it is that the loss of some preload is not a bad thing and that re-tightening isn't necessary. The properly torqued crank is seated firmly onto the spindle and the crank bolt is then acting as a "stop" preventing the arm from moving back down the taper, but not bearing on the crank to the extent it does during installation.
That's what i get too. But............ on a recent build I re-tightened the bolt just enough to where it felt like it was bottomed (and snug) against the crank, but not enough to "move" the crank farther onto the spindle.

That's what makes me curious about what you will choose to do in your situation? Am I correct in assuming that you will just snug the new bolts up as apposed to going all the way to ~ 30 ft lbs again?
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