Big gap between left crank and frame, advice needed.
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Big gap between left crank and frame, advice needed.
I just fitted a new chainset to an old frame i'm using for a singlespeed buildup. The bottom bracket was supplied together with the chainset and the chain is in the correct line, but there is a large gap between the left crank and the frame, see pic.
The frame across the bottom bracket is 68mm.
I have also taken a pic of the gap between the pedal end of crank and the chainstay.
Is the gap correct??

The frame across the bottom bracket is 68mm.
I have also taken a pic of the gap between the pedal end of crank and the chainstay.
Is the gap correct??
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Its tightened down, no way it will go on any further, and if i take the screw out, i can see that the square hole in the crank is about 5mm short of the end of the bottom bracket spindle. It seems as though the square on the crank does not match the size of the spindle square.
I thought they were a std size.
I thought they were a std size.
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Looks like i've got an ISO crank on a JIS spindle.
https://sheldonbrown.com/bbtaper.html
https://sheldonbrown.com/bbtaper.html
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Yes, it does indeed look like an ISO/JIS mismatch, but a harmless one since a) chain line is good, b) cranks don't bottom out on spindle, and c) crank arms don't hit chainstays. Don't worry about it.
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