Descendant issue
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nouser
(Feb 21, 2012 at 20:21)
yupp that will definatly slow you down...
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They were tight on my voltage as well, only cleared by about 3 mm. This looks strange tho. Crank arm and bb are on an awkward angle. Is the bb fully threaded into the shell and the crank tightened up? Maybe it's just the picture but that looks mighty crossthreaded. Or your frame is way out of wack. And yeah don't put an extra spacer in there, not only will you not have the crankarm fully seated on the spindle splines, but it will also preload the bearings way too much. GXP cranks are finicky when it comes to having the perfect spindle length.
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Can't use spacers with GXP cranks I learned, but they are fully installed correctly. The angle makes it look funny, but the BB is installed correctly.
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i have spacers on mine. and i have a 73mm BB (unless yours is 83) but i would take the file and spend about 15 mind taking down the edge
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But do you have GXP BB? You can space shimano/x-type for 73mm but not GXP.
I refuse to file a freshly coated frame haha
I refuse to file a freshly coated frame haha
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yea i have a GXP. it came with two spacers but im just using one on the driveside for clearence. if by then you still have clearence issues then you can run 2mm of chainline spacers at the most
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We tried a spacer on BB cup and the non drive side crank arm won't fully install. Makes the cranks turn "sticky"
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Doubtful, as it's sticky within the first few turns and crankarm is loose and when bolt fully tightened and crankarm is tight.
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it makes it sticky because the arm doesn't bottom out on the splines or race so it squishes the bearings... when properly set up, gxp cranks 'cannot' be overtightened, there is a firm stop when its tight. willy94 those two 2.5mm bb spacers your crank came with are for a 68mm bb shell. 73mm bb shell with a gxp crank and bb requires 0 spacers. If this wasn't the case my crank would have side to side play right now.
2.5mm x 2 = 5mm
68mm + 5mm =73mm
See the relationship
2.5mm x 2 = 5mm
68mm + 5mm =73mm
See the relationship
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OR simply take off one spacer on the drive side and put it brake-side.. What does this frame comes with as crank?
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The install of this BB doesn't use spacers on 73mm frame, so no spacers to move around.
The 2012 Voltage FR comes with these same descendant cranks.
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Try to see if there is a special version or something.. Maybe you don't have the good chain-line crank..