Subject: RE: Crank and chain rings wiggle TriMDC - 2011-07-06 7:54 AM While cleaning my chain this morning I noticed that the crank set and chain rings wiggle side to side. I'm assuming this shouldn't happen. Does anyone know what the issue may be? I'm hoping I just need to tighten the crank and/or the bottom bracket. Any help is appreciated. I doubt that you are seeing your crank or bottom bracket getting loose, although it is possible. And it would be smart to check that each of your chainring fixing bolts is indeed tight. I think more likely you are seeing a slight warp in your chainrings. That could be caused by a manufacturing defect (or just poor quality control), an accident or small impact, or it is possible that the chainring bolts are tight but have been tightened highly unevenly, with differing torques (which can be corrected by loosening all of them and re-tightening in increments with a good torque wrench). What brand of crank and chainrings do you have? |