Blimey!
Getting one thing straight, I didn’t wake up one day knowing all there is to know about NSRs, or the forum and the info held in it. I don’t have the time either, it’s a hobby, not an obsession. Like I said, I was 99% sure, all I was after was that extra 1% of confirmation. Didn’t really think that that warranted the torrent of wit I receieved, but hey ho! I use other forums and find them to be very helpful; they will point out where info is to be found and who can help. Being relatively new to this forum, I don’t know who does what and who has a financial interest in whatever. But yeah, whatever!
I didn’t really think that asking for confirmation on a crank being parallel was comparable to asking a ‘professional’ company for their ‘intellectual property’? I mean, you ring up Koyo and say, what is the dynamic load rating on a particular bearing, even the material the seals are made from – you could be from NSK or any other Chinese rip-off back street sweat shop! They don’t think twice about passing this on……….?!
As it happens, I did pull the crank from the so-called builder, and will be employing the skills of a reputable builder, more locally.
Andy, I didn’t realise that you had such a close involvement in building cranks or could get it done – maybe I could have used you?
Many thanks to those that have helped, you know who you are.