part # longer crank bolt?
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Skip the longer bolt route while you're at it and get something like this. I went with the longer bolt instead of doing the smart thing and I REEEEAAALLLLYYY regret doing it.
If you're too cheap to buy one you can fab one up for even cheaper.
If you're too cheap to buy one you can fab one up for even cheaper.
I don't see how using the longer bolt isn't smart. To me, paying $25 to do the same thing a $2 longer bolt does is the less smart way. I've never heard of anyone using the longer bolt properly and screwing anything up. I've heard of people screwing the longer bolt all the way in and it getting stuck and stripping threads, but of course, that's not the proper way to do it.
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Originally Posted by ArcticZ28
I don't see how using the longer bolt isn't smart. To me, paying $25 to do the same thing a $2 longer bolt does is the less smart way. I've never heard of anyone using the longer bolt properly and screwing anything up. I've heard of people screwing the longer bolt all the way in and it getting stuck and stripping threads, but of course, that's not the proper way to do it.
I guess we can agree to disagree then because I have my reasons for using the threaded rod tool.
I'll leave it at this though, think of the risk reward ratio. The difference between the two tools is $23. I used the longer bolt and it ended up messing up my threads. I ended up spending easily $400 on tools to fix the problem the longer bolt created, not to mention the weeks of down time. You're looking at spending $23 to virtually ensure you don't have to spend $400 down the road. What's $23 in the long run anyways?
