Introduction
This guide covers the process of mounting the chainring to the crank arm. It does not cover removal or install of the crank to the bicycle - please reference your crank manufactures guidelines for those steps.
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Reference your crank mfg instructions for removing your crank and take the driveside arm off the bike.
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Lay out the crank with ring and tools on a clean workbench. Most 3-bolt cranks use mounting bolts with T25 torx heads but other sizes do exist. In this example, we are showing the T25 wrench for removal and a 1-20Nm torque wrench with T25 bit for install.
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Using the T25 wrench, or wrench appropriate to the chainring mounting bolts found on your cranks, remove the 3 bolts fully from the crank
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You will now be able to remove the chainring from the crank arm.
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Clean and lightly grease 3-bolt chainring interface.
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Apply Loctite 242 or similar medium strength threadlocker to the threads of the fasteners.
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Install the chainring onto the crankarm and using the appropriate sized wrench, tighten the bolts snug in the order shown in image 3 of this step
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Using a torque wrench, tighten the mounting bolts to 8-9 Nm or 71-80 in/lbs. This should be done in the same pattern as the bolts were snugged down in the last step.
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Reinstall and torque the crank arm per the manufactures specifications.
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You're done....now get out and ride!
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Thanks for reading, now get out there and ride!
Thanks for reading, now get out there and ride!