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Big gap between left crank and frame, advice needed.

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Old 06-22-13 | 10:11 AM
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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??
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Old 06-22-13 | 10:14 AM
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Is it tightened down properly?
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Old 06-22-13 | 10:19 AM
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is the left crank arm torqued down properly?

edit: beat me to the punch...
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Old 06-22-13 | 10:32 AM
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Yes tightened down.
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Old 06-22-13 | 10:42 AM
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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.
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Old 06-22-13 | 10:45 AM
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Old 06-22-13 | 11:00 AM
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Looks like i've got an ISO crank on a JIS spindle.
https://sheldonbrown.com/bbtaper.html
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Old 06-22-13 | 11:17 AM
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Do you have the same gap on the drive side?
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Old 06-22-13 | 11:19 AM
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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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Old 06-22-13 | 11:58 AM
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Yes same on the other side
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If Scrodzilla says "Ride your bike" i'm ok.
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If Scrodzilla says "Ride your bike" i'm ok.
That was Morgan. And I wouldn't listen to anything that crazy mofo had to say.
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Old 06-22-13 | 12:29 PM
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What crankset is that? It looks like it's made of forged steel.
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I'm confused. Who is Morgan and who is crazy??
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Its steel, cheap, and the first thing i'll be changing.
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Its steel, cheap, and the first thing i'll be changing.
In that case, I very highly doubt it's ISO.
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I'm confused. Who is Morgan and who is crazy??
Are we gonna do this again?
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