Originally Posted by
SquidPuppet
The thing that frustrates me about the debate is that both sides of the argument have merit. Real merit. When I've read the opinions of much-smarter-than-me engineers that explain why grease is a good idea I think, "Well yea, that totally makes sense". And then some other genius explains why its a really bad idea, I think, "Hmmm, he's got a good point there."
I don't know WHAT TO DO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Well, the only engineer I have read talking about this is Jobst Brandt. I would like to see other opinions besides what other mechanics say to do because that's what they have always done. Anyway I don't want my crank and BB spindle seizing together a la seat post to seat tube. I know it's a slow process, but with cartridge BBs a crank can stay on there for a long time and if I sell a bike I might be saving the next person a headache. I have have to use brute force to remove stuck cranks before at the co-op using this wedge
Fun times with my ball peen hammer.