Steel shim material is sold by industrial supply stores like Grainger in various thin dimensions. That should work.
Joe B-Z
Great Notch, NJ
> In a message dated 5/26/2003 8:20:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> mail@woodworkingboy.com writes:
>
> << I have a pista crank arm that just short of torque bottoms out against
the
> bb outside face. The other arm sits OK, and since the bb is nearly new,
I
> assume the taper in the arm is worn. I thought about trying to shim it,
or
> maybe just backing it off until it clears and riding it this way. Can
> anyone suggest a established remedy for this? >>
>
> Sadly, the steel bbkt spindle never wears, it is always the softer crank
arm.
> I have successfully made shims, slivers of beer can materials, carefully
fit
> to all four faces of the bbkt spindle end but one can have little
confidence
> in such a repair...
>
>
> Dale Brown
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