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04-14-24 | 12:27 PM

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Bill Kapaun

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Originally Posted by peeweevinson

.....The Sugino xd600 cranks get stuck once they are tightened down. I’m using 110mm, and after giving up on them I used a 110mm cartridge bb and everything worked fine.......

Just a shot in the dark, but was the spindle possibly "flipped"?
Often spindles have an offset with the DS being longer than the NDS.

EDIT: This is what Sheldon shows-
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/bbsize.html#sugino

Last edited by Bill Kapaun; 04-14-24 at 12:31 PM.

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