Never had this problem until today when I tried installing a set of 'Yellow box' big end shells (this is what was supplied as no KS or Mahle in stock apparently
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) I've used the 'Yellow box' mains before without issues as they're steel backed and it seemed all KS were not (although this might have changed now).....never had a problem with those. Anyway....they looked wrong...felt wrong when installing in the rod, so I bolted one to the crank just to see....and sure enough...Wrong!!!!
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Tight spot/resistance when rotated.....took it off and there's that shiny bit by the tang....these are no good for me.....went to my NOS bearing dungeon and found a genuine KS set which I was obviously saving for such an occasion
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Chalk and Cheese!! Lovely fit and feel!!
I shall not be using those 'Yellow box' shells again unless they fix the problem....looks like the tang has been made by a blind man with the wrong size hammer so it distorts the shell when torqued up.....
Wouldn't it be nice if the quality of the things we bought got better rather than worse!!!....there are of course exceptions but generally quality drops as buyers go for better margins and cheaper components force the good guys out etc etc....
Rant over but thought I'd share.... Happy Bloody Easter!!
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