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Old 10-26-11 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 753proguy
About 102% of those (completely) CNC'ed cranks from the USA from that time period broke. Bad, bad way to make cranks. The only ones that aren't broken by now are NOS in a box. Run very far away from any of those types cranks, imo.
I can understand that but also weigh it with the fact that my dad got 15-16 yrs of use out of those cranks with nary a problem.
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Old 11-21-14 | 06:21 PM
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Resurrecting the dead here I know, but do you guys happen to know the torque spec's Sampson recommends? Thanks!
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Per the email I received from Eric Sampson they required 250 inch/pounds for torque. More than that and they could fracture like mine.
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