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Old 05-02-16 | 12:48 PM
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Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.

Bottom brackets and crank bolts are usually spec'ed for around 30 ft/lbs of torque. (Imagine a 30 pound weight hanging on a foot long wrench.)

Left to my own judgement I would probably under torque those parts. There are enough threads about left crank arms falling off and being ruined by under torqueing that I'm pretty sure it's a quite common issue.
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