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I dismantled my triple chainring to have a decent look at wear on the middle ring (hence my recent search for a compatible replacement). In doing so, I noticed that a couple of the bolts weren't particularly tight.
When I reassembled everything, I nipped up the bolts at tightly as I could with a standard-length Allen key, having first applied threadlock, and I now have a creak from that area with each revolution of the cranks.
I'd like to eliminate any possible relative movement as a cause for the creak, so I want to reassemble everything without the threadlock, but appropriately torqued. What value should I use? Chainset is a Suntour XCR, rings and bolts are steel (though I'm about to fit a replacement Shimano middle ring, also steel).
When I reassembled everything, I nipped up the bolts at tightly as I could with a standard-length Allen key, having first applied threadlock, and I now have a creak from that area with each revolution of the cranks.
I'd like to eliminate any possible relative movement as a cause for the creak, so I want to reassemble everything without the threadlock, but appropriately torqued. What value should I use? Chainset is a Suntour XCR, rings and bolts are steel (though I'm about to fit a replacement Shimano middle ring, also steel).