Non-drive side crank spacer?

[Sequoia]

OK, hier is een vir die techies... I upgraded my LX Hollowtech II crankset to a XT crankset to get 180mm cranks. Now I want to put the LX crankset on an old Avalanche Tange steel frame that is lying around quietly rusting. I'm thinking of making a dirt-tjeep runabout singlespeed.

Problem is - Despite my bestest efforts, I seem to have lost the spacer found in the non-drive side crank's clamp. This is not the BB spacer, but the squarish black one with the small metal pin sticking out of it.

Question - What now? I'm worried that I will over-torque the clamp if I leave it out. Should I use some other form of spacer? Maybe buy a replacement?

Or just leave it out and be careful?

 

[Speed Devil]

Sequoia you can leave the spacer out but then you have to use the mechanics rule of thumb  when it comes to tightening....Strip and half-a-turn back

[Johan Bornman]

It'll be just so much more elegant if you say " left crank spacer."

 

This is not the maritime industry, we don't port and starboard, we say left and right.

 

As for the spacer, leave it out but torque according to the spec - 6Nm I think. The trick with torqueing a double bolt like that is to start very, very small and torque each one in turn, going up bit by bit, bolt by bolt. The same goes for the stem pinch bolts on the steerer.

 

[GoLefty!!]

that little black spacer is more to prevent dirt getting in than anything else.

Just fit the crank and torque to 10N.m. to 15N.m. I settle for 12.5

[Sequoia]

Thanks guys. JB, good point about left and right. Doh...