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Old 03-29-26 | 12:13 PM
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Ext. BB: 68mm to 73mm BB Question

Last last year (2025) I got a TK888 TOKEN BB external bearing set from my LBS. https://www.tokenproducts.com/images...888_Manual.pdf
I had a set of cranks laying around, then got a road side rescue circa 1990 RockHopper. 73mm BB shell.
If you click the link, you see I got a ext bearing set for a 68mm shell. I did tell my LBS owner this was for a 73mm shell. I did not check the code number after I got the bearing set.
After assembling everything and test riding, I can feel i have a bit of play in the crankset. Not much - but I think it don't take much to mess things up!!
I've set it up w/ the wavey washer next to the crank arm.




My question - is there a spacer configuration where I can take up the play? Perhaps the set up used for the Shimano crankset 73mm BB shell?

I'm open that maybe I should not have set up the cranks w/ the wavey washer at all.
Here's what I got, since me not so good with words....







i'm having a bit of deja vu w/ this set up question.....
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