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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: wtf chain ring bolts Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 16:06:10 -0600 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <vqahsh$2jlct$1@dont-email.me> References: <a9fhsj5uot4r2ctagf55estg8iusrgr1u0@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:06:10 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0d3db66f526d17ffff846f3df8ad7e8e"; logging-data="2741661"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+VWj77wJAkn9+vGg0CC9s6" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:8gty+AKT/iHvFWuN7bgqnD71D1I= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <a9fhsj5uot4r2ctagf55estg8iusrgr1u0@4ax.com> Bytes: 1971 On 3/5/2025 3:08 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: > The chain ring guard came so I set about mounting the chain rings and > the guard. I ordered new chain ring bolts because I didn't want to > disassemble the old crank. The new inner bolts had hex deep down > inside and I figure that was fine until I could not find a allen > wrench that fit them. I tried both metric and standard and nothing > fits. The bolts on my old crank take a #5 allen. > > Does anyone know what's going on? > > I ordered another set of 16mm bolts and they look like they have a > larger hex that's not set deep inside it. > > -- > C'est bon > Soloman News to me; 5-arm 110mm chainring bolts are a universal commodity AFAIK. With a magnifier, see if they are just broached poorly or maybe if they are Torx. If you succumbed to the bad idea of an aluminum chainring bolt that's very possible. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971