onzatpro09 Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Is it just me? I used a metric butt-tonne of copper grease on fitting the freewheel to the crank arm, but still this happened. These are fairly new cranks as well. Does anyone else have this problem? It has happened with both onza and trialtech cranks. This is why we need splined freewheels. Hurry up trials industry! Edited May 19, 2014 by onzatpro09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 How thick was the bash? Your only using 2/3 of the thread. Grease won't stop that btw, and IMO, in effect it might allow overtightening as there is less friction between the threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzatpro09 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) It is the trialtech 23 tooth one (I can't remember the actual name ) Edited May 19, 2014 by onzatpro09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmertrials Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) I agree about both the points made above. A narrower bash should make the difference, although I have previously had the same issue myself. Edited May 19, 2014 by harmertrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzatpro09 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Thing is, it even happened on my blade. The standard bash and freewheel on the standard cranks ended up stripping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
err Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Those onza cranks with the brass threads are pretty wank anyway though, and the eno freewheel uses a slightly different thread than the industry standard which makes it prone to stripping unless there's plenty of thread contact. Edited May 19, 2014 by err Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzatpro09 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 As soon as I manage to sell my blade I should hopefully be able to afford a hope hub conversion, putting an end to all of this screw on freewheel nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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