Crank spindle broken

[Punkawallah]

You need a square taper BB, my son! If that bugger goes you won’t be around to complain.

 

[mattjg01]

You need a square taper BB, my son! If that bugger goes you won’t be around to complain.

😱

 

[mattjg01]

To be fair I have put a lot of miles on this and my maintenance could definitely be improved!

Unfortunately one legged pedalling wasn’t an option as the drive side started to slide out a little.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

You are the first cyclist I’ve seen “chuck a rod” like that. That does look like you got you money out of it however.

You are hereby awarded the Corvette Chucked Rod Award, for chucking above and beyond the call of doo-doo.

this was found, embedded in the parking lot, under a friend’s 350 Corvette.

it wiped the oil pump out of existence on the way out.

 

[silva]

Judging the thickness of the metal, I'd call that a tube rather than an axle.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I doubt that one did. More likely the crank bolt came undone via either failure to torque or oil on the bolt.

Nope, the axle broke in two. It was an experimental titanium square taper BB. Grams count you know.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

@Yellow Saddle

Did you tag me to trigger my aversion for Drive-side-/Non-drive side BS or, for that caked-on gunk in the crank section?