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Installing square taper bottom bracket, cranks, and pedals
How to install a cartridge square taper bicycle bottom bracket, cranks, and pedals.
Table of CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction - chainline, standards
01:24 Thread preparation
03:55 BB installing and tightening
06:53 To grease, or not to grease?
10:16 Tightening torque
14:05 Mounting the left crank
15:21 Installing the pedals
Useful LINKS:
If you have any questions, please use the BikeGremlin forum (I try to respond to every comment, but YouTube sucks at notifications, especially when it comes to any follow-up questions):
https://www.bikegremlin.net/
Indexed list of all my videos (sorted by categories, with tags, searcheable):
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Article about how to install square taper cranks:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/17055/how-to-install-square-taper-cranks/
Bicycle chainline explained:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/1755/
Threaded bottom bracket standards:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/1634/
Right and left hand(ed) threads:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/3965/
Anti seize and mounting pastes explained:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/7172/
The best bicycle bearing grease:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/20/
What length square taper axle do I need:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx70KWhYcAg
TOOLS:
SHIMANO Tool bottom bracket TL-UN74S (Amazon affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/3usf2kl
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