PARTS WANTED: Need old cranks/BB, etc.

I know there are a lot of old cranks on here:-)

I'm restoring an old folder and need one of the following:

A left (non-drive) cottered crank, 170mm

A pair of cottered cranks w/44t chainring

A square taper spindle, 52mm between the bearing "shoulders." Not sure that's the right way to describe it, but if you have one, let me know and we'll figure it out.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on June 19, 2012 at 5:11pm

Measure the width of the BB shell.

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Permalink Reply by Homebuilt on June 19, 2012 at 5:20pm

Well... that's not actually as helpful at you'd think on this: I have a BB spindle that should fit by that measurement, but it's too narrow, so I think a direct measurement of the spindle is all that will work.

notoriousDUG said:

Measure the width of the BB shell.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 19, 2012 at 6:28pm

Your best bet is Working Bikes. I saw a single-chainring cottered crankset there 2 weeks ago in the pile of cottered cranks. Looked like a 44t but i didn't count it.

if not they have a bunch of Square-taper spindles laying around too. Bring a flashlight if you are going to be measuring stuff -the lighting isn't that great.