04-23-2013, 11:21 PM
Hi,
I'm building my first bike from scratch, a road bike for my wife. I have a Ridley Asteria frame (68mm BB shell) and an FSA K-Force Light crankset. I cleaned out the BB housing, greased it up and threaded the BB cups without issue. My problem is with the crank axle. If I just have the drive side BB cup in, the axle pushes all the way through like it should. If I put the non drive side cup in, the axle stops about 5-8mm short of pushing through. If I take it out and try to put it through from the wrong side it fits through the non drive side cup no problems but still stops short of pushing through the other side.
Any ideas? I'm hoping its just an alignment thing and I've considered taping the drive side crank with a mallet to get it through but I don't want to cause any damage. I thought it should be snug but push through by hand since the axle will push through either cup with ease.
I was under the impression that road bikes don't require spacers? Even still the gap is much to large for a few millimeters of spacers
I'm building my first bike from scratch, a road bike for my wife. I have a Ridley Asteria frame (68mm BB shell) and an FSA K-Force Light crankset. I cleaned out the BB housing, greased it up and threaded the BB cups without issue. My problem is with the crank axle. If I just have the drive side BB cup in, the axle pushes all the way through like it should. If I put the non drive side cup in, the axle stops about 5-8mm short of pushing through. If I take it out and try to put it through from the wrong side it fits through the non drive side cup no problems but still stops short of pushing through the other side.
Any ideas? I'm hoping its just an alignment thing and I've considered taping the drive side crank with a mallet to get it through but I don't want to cause any damage. I thought it should be snug but push through by hand since the axle will push through either cup with ease.
I was under the impression that road bikes don't require spacers? Even still the gap is much to large for a few millimeters of spacers