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I have an old Italian bike with a cottered crank. I cannot
get a cotter to fit in there well enough to keep the crank
arm from moving around while pedalling. I am wondering if I
can get a different spindle and bolt some other cranks on
there, keeping the current cups. Or do I need to completely
replace the BB?
--Keven.
Keven Ruf said:I have an old Italian bike with a cottered crank. I cannot
get a cotter to fit in there well enough to keep the crank
arm from moving around while pedalling. I am wondering if
I can get a different spindle and bolt some other cranks
on there, keeping the current cups. Or do I need to
completely replace the BB?
You can replace the spindle. See:
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One of the Sugino models that begins with a "5" will fit
your cups.
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