When you disassemble your crank, be sure to watch your FD adjustment

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This post always neglect this and after a crank disassembly, the FD could not shift the fd to the large chain ring  More specifically the crank has not been tightened well or got loose when this post used the bike.  All this post had to do were:   1.  tightened the crank bolt,   2,  loosened the high adjustment screw of the FD adjustment screw.  

It seems that with Campy super torque crank has this common problem.  It does not fit most of the BB and there seems to be about 1 mm of play - hence the need for wave washer.  But still there seems to be some side to side movement that is why sometimes the chain falls off.   The video maker recommends using loctite to fix the crank.

Its all very detailed and all complicated that is why many just let their mechanic do the job;   pay them well and let the mechanic do the worrying.    That is why I had to bring the 10 mm hex  crank bolt tightening too.  

Removal and reinstallation (swap) of Campy crank bearing 6805 5 mm

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The Pinarello bike all ready had lateral movement on the crank,  While Mario serviced this about 6 months ago, long time has a way of saying the bearing is old and needs replacement.   From the video, I saw that the crank need 6805 (24 mm) but has to be 6 mm. Most that are available online is  7 mm.  The original bearing is Cult and cost $100      

My first problems are the tools:  the 10 mm removal tool, the puller and the press fit.  No hammer, no drift as per video.

1. For the 10 mm hex, my difficulty was that the short end will not fit into the crank so it has to be a long arm to fit  None is available at DIY or Wigo.  So I thought of fitting a 10 mm socket at the short end of the hex and use that to remove the nut.   And so I did.

2.  For removal and installation, I had the bike mechanic nearby do the job  Paid him P100.00.  I did not have to buy the tools

Lateral movement solved

Avoid using your bike in the rain or flooded area; be sure to disassemble and remove grit and rust afterwards

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Went to Mario Toledo to have my expensive RB serviced.   I thought that it was due to for servicing since it has been 5 years since it was built.   

You only need a 10 mm hex to remove the crank assembly (for Campy) But the difficulty was due to it being stuck and a lot of convincing (pounding softly) was needed.  There were lots of mud at the spindle and the left bearing was busted.  

This must have been caused by the 400 km bike to Bicol because the first 2 days was rained out.    

So he advised that the crank bolt must be removed reinstalled periodically or that crank servicing will be made more frequent.

The rear wheel also had slight play.   It turned out that an end cap needed tightening.