Hi,
Currently toast does not mean its not fixable. You can file the crank
back to perfectly useable in combination with the Loctite. IMO not
addressing any current damage is a head in the sand attitude.
rgds, sreten.
For using a file on toasted cranks it is very easy to make it better
and very hard to make it worse. The ridges, which are the problem,
however inept you are will go first and that is all you need to do.
Last edited by sreten; 05-22-13 at 05:25 PM.