Originally Posted by
houston
so youre saying that when you pull the crank out to push the rear bearing forward then push the collet in so it pushes the front bearing towards the rear bearing and tighten it all down it will still move?
(this is not an argument)
novarossi rocks!!
The inner race of the front bearing should be pinched between the but end of the crank and the backside of the collet...If this is seated correctly and there is still too much in/out thrust it means the front bearing is junk...........the rear bearing should not have any trust load placed upon it, that front bearings inner race is what the crank is bottomed to, not the rear bearing.....