Well, to get pedantic.

Bianchigirl's reply was directly after my post, and quite frankly, mine is a nice crank. A bit of thread drift, yes, but so it goes.

And what I wrote concerning cotters is a preference, it is neither right or wrong. I also have about 10mm of cotter showing but plenty of threads too. There are crank and cotter variables that can change the answer, that is why I requested a picture. juvela used words to make the same point. Bottom line, if the crank is secure, the job was done right. Carryon.