Help! Mashed chainrings into chainstay (spindle length)

Hello. Getting my bike together this spring is making me insane. I switched over to a splined
BB/Crankset on my 1997 Voodoo Wanga. I called Nashbar before I ordered the BB, because I had read
that the new splined BB spindle length requirements were different than the tapered ounes. I was
told I should order a 113mm rather than the 107mm that was spec'd on my bike. Well, last night I
went to install my cranks. Right side, no problem. Left side, stopped tightening when my chainrings
mashed into my chainstay. Aaaaarrrrgggg!!! Can anyone tell me what the proper spindle length is when
changing from a 107mm tapered? This sucks. Not to mention now I have to buy a new crank puller since
the old one for tapered don't work with splined.

Thanks in advance,

J. Curry

 

"Jonathan Curry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello. Getting my bike together this spring is making me insane. I switched over to a splined
> BB/Crankset on my 1997 Voodoo Wanga. I called Nashbar before I ordered the BB, because I had read
> that the new splined BB spindle length requirements were different than the tapered ounes. I was
> told I should order a 113mm rather than the 107mm that was spec'd on my bike. Well, last night I
> went to install my cranks. Right side, no problem. Left side, stopped tightening when my
> chainrings mashed into my chainstay. Aaaaarrrrgggg!!! Can anyone tell me what the proper spindle
> length is when changing from a 107mm tapered? This sucks. Not to mention now I have to buy a new
> crank puller since the old one for tapered don't work with splined.

If your chainrings are on the left side, there's your problem!

To remove your cranks you need only plug the hole in the spindle. If you can't find something
suitable there's a Shimano plug ( tool TL-FC-15) that your LBS should have cheaply. Peter notes that
screwing a crank bolt into the other side and dropping any shaft through the spindle works, too.
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