|   (Rant and question) Leave it Shimano... | dir-T
Jul 1, 2003 10:45 AM | | to make even my multi-tool obsolete with their latest and greatest redesigns. I was stoked that my crank bros multi tool had an 8 mm on it in case my crank bolts come loose during a ride. Even though I've seen this only once (on a pal's bike) in over a decade of riding, I felt very secure. Well, last night I'm installing my new XT cranks and to my surprise the bolt is no longer 8 mm but bigger. Now, not only do I need to stop at the hardware store and look for a new allen wrench but I'm carrying an 8mm along for every ride and will never benefit personally for it. Thankfully I have no plans to get XTR or next years XT disc rotors or else I'd need to find some other use for my torx wrench too. Anyway, is that a 10 mm allen that I need to install my cranks? |
| re: (Rant and question) Leave it Shimano... | Dave K
Jul 1, 2003 10:50 AM | | Yup, a 10mm key is all you need to install the newer cranks. It annoyed me as well when I found that out. Luckily I had a couple older 8mm bolts lying around so I used those instead.
If you ever need to change a freehub body now you'll have the 10mm key to do it (silver linings everywhere I guess).
Dave |
| good point | dir-T
Jul 1, 2003 10:56 AM | | about the freehub body but I'm just curious about how you used an 8mm for your cranks? Did you somehow get a normal 8mm bolt that they use on square taper BBs to fit that pipe billet spindle or did Shimano use an 8mm on an earlier version of the octalink BB? |
| good point | Dave K
Jul 1, 2003 5:36 PM | | I had some extra bolts from an octalink BB for some reason or other. Shimano octalink cranks from before 03 used 8mm bolts. I have no idea why they would change. Perhaps the liked the idea of being able to see through the crank spindle.
Dave |
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