Originally Posted by
madpogue
Okay, I recall decades ago, before the interwebzz, the "conventional wisdom" was that you lubricate the crank bolt/nut threads, but NOT the tapers. Has that changed? Was that bogus information then? What's the skinny?
I guess I didn't learn the conventional wisdom back then- we always greased up the bearings, put things together, adjusted the bearings, and torqued the crankarms. The tapers probably had a bit of grease on them, but we just wiped off any excess before delivering to the customer.