[kuksul08]

I have truvativ holzfeller isis cranks and I'm curious if it's bad to take them off a lot. I have probably taken them off 30 times by now with my puller for all the adjustments to the linkage, BB, and chainguide.

I don't notice anything different, but I will try to limit it if I'm slowly wearing out the interface or something...

 

[HAB]

I wouldn't sit in your basement and take it on and off for fun, but so long as you don't do anything dumb while working on it, you'll be fine.

 

[kuksul08]

Haha alrighty then. Thanks

 

[kuksul08]

Hmm..I've been battling a creaking problem and it turns out that one of the crank arms was slightly loose. Either I never tightened it properly last time or it worked itself loose while riding.

Are ISIS cranks known to get loose very easily (as opposed to say, square taper)?

 

[Quo Fan]

I've had trouble keeping a set of Truvativ cranks tight on an old bike. Regardless of how much I torqued the bolts, they always seemed to work them selves loose.

 

[Arkayne]

 

[w00dy]

First generation Truvative and Raceface ISIS parts were notorious for that. If liberal application of loctite to the crank bolts doesn't do it a new crank set might be in order.

 

[kuksul08]

Well currently the crank bolt threads are covered in antisieze and they seem to be holding. When I put the cranks on I just keep tightening until they won't move anymore which is pretty tight and ensured the cranks are bottomed out on the BB.