Originally Posted by
juvela
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there are two main diameters for cottered spindles:
British & Metric
Brit is 5/8" / 15.88mm nominal / 15.75mm actual
Metric 16mm nominal, 15.9mm actual
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I did not know that, despite having a Sutherland's right here. I presume that, over the years, I just got lucky and never ran into a mismatch.
Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
Here's what Sutherland's (4th ed.) has to say about cottered bottom bracket axles:
That's a lot more detail than my 1974 edition has!
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