Play in external bearing bottom bracket, only when crank is in one orientation
05-10-18, 09:37 PM
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Modern (Hollowtech 2-like) 2 piece cranks don't use a "proper" angled preload, like the square tapper ones did. I'm more amazed that most of them don't have the problems you described, than that some do. Having said that, Shimano cranks and BBs usually work well together.
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