Help! My dx cranks are being dumb..
SHAY_CAM
Anyways the point of this thread would be to tell and ask how to fix
this uber stupid problem that seemed to come out of nowhere. About a
week ago i sprayed my unicycle to look very cool, i love the color now.
I put it together when everything dried off, everything was fine.
Then about a week ago i picked my uni up again to start riding, i
planned on making a video because my friend lent me his camera. I cant
do this now because BOTH of the cranks,suddenly, started to skip. And
the best way to explain -skipping- would be: Go out and try to idle,
you _would_ feel a back and forth movment with the cranks as if they
werent responding like they would ussually ( kind of like play in a
stearing wheel).
Anyways i would greatly apreiciate any help given. Over view of
events...
1.took uni apart
2.sprayed uni
3. waited to dry
4.put together
5.rode for awhile (no problems)
6. waited a week
7. started to ride again
8. crank skipping
And iv also tryed everythign to fix it. tightening bolts, switching
sides on the cranks, switching splines the cranks were on, everything.
sooo help!
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skilewis74
You may need to tighten the crank bolt more.
Loosen the clamp bolt, then tighten the crank bolt w/ a torque wrench
to 45 ft.lbs. I think the clamp bolt can take 25 ft.lbs.
Bearings on DX's are notorious for leaking and may have gotten grease
on the threads of the crank bolt. You may want to clean the male and
female threads of the crank and clamp bolts w/ rubbing alcohol and put
them back together w/ blue locktight, and preferably let it set
overnight.
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forrestunifreak
SHAY_CAM wrote:
> switching sides on the cranks,
Don't ever do that, there is a R for right and an L for left, with both
the cranks and the pedals. Make sure those are on the correct side when
you ride it otherwise you could damage something.
Now, are you sure it's the cranks? Check the bearing caps/holders, see
if those are loose or if they wiggle at all. That is something that
comes loose quite often.
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skrobo
oh
that is not good
you have a loose keyway INSIDE of your hub... warranty should cover it
if you have a stock wheelset.
call torker's warranty and see what they say... the same thing happened
to my dx hub, but they would not fix it because it had a different rim
on it.
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Jkohse
skrobo wrote:
> oh
> that is not good
> you have a loose keyway INSIDE of your hub... warranty should cover it
> if you have a stock wheelset.
> call torker's warranty and see what they say... the same thing happened
> to my dx hub, but they would not fix it because it had a different rim
> on it.
had the same problem, send it back
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terryb99
Yup! I had the same problem here. Your local bike shop that deals with
Torker bikes can fix it for you too.
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Brian O.
forrestunifreak wrote:
> Don't ever do that, there is a R for right and an L for left, with both
> the cranks and the pedals. Make sure those are on the correct side when
> you ride it otherwise you could damage something.
>
>
> Now, are you sure it's the cranks? Check the bearing caps/holders, see
> if those are loose or if they wiggle at all. That is something that
> comes loose quite often.
You can swap which side of the hubs the cranks and pedals are on as
long as when you are riding the left pedal and crank are on the left
side.
The hub itself does not have a left or right.
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