Hello again pcc,

I hear what you are saying about the amount of effort required to overtighten. The three or four revolutions of thread closest to the joint plane (the ones that would have taken most of the clamping force) on the old crank bolt definitely are damaged, though, and it was difficult to get the bolt out.

A thread repair specialist has looked at the threads in the crank stub and pronounced them fine. He did run a cleaning tap down the hole for good measure.

Regards

Gerrit

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