When I read this I had to reply.
Since it only takes 5 seconds to wipe the grease off the cones and
cups, which by the way is the most important part on a crankset,
and the guy refused, then they were pitted and worn out for sure!!!
That's why not many cranks for sale show a wiped-down cone set
when the pictures are taken...RED FLAG 90% of the time....
It would be interesting to find a guy with machining equip
that can re-surface pitted cone sets, which I still have many
of. The steel was better. Seems to me it would be an easy process really.
Just machine it down until the pits are out...The shorter resulting cone
may push the sprocket closer to the BB shell, but this could be
fixed with a washer in back of the cone.....
Since it only takes 5 seconds to wipe the grease off the cones and
cups, which by the way is the most important part on a crankset,
and the guy refused, then they were pitted and worn out for sure!!!
That's why not many cranks for sale show a wiped-down cone set
when the pictures are taken...RED FLAG 90% of the time....
It would be interesting to find a guy with machining equip
that can re-surface pitted cone sets, which I still have many
of. The steel was better. Seems to me it would be an easy process really.
Just machine it down until the pits are out...The shorter resulting cone
may push the sprocket closer to the BB shell, but this could be
fixed with a washer in back of the cone.....
