Loose fitting crank extractor...aluminium

Ooops... 🙁

I've had the opposite problem; a tightly fitting crank extractor that
does what it is supposed to but then cannot be removed from the crank!

Does anyone make a crank-extractor-extractor? And if they do, how do I
extract -that-?

Phil

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phil said:

Does anyone make a crank-extractor-extractor? And if they do, how do I
extract -that-?

Sooner or later you use a really, really big hammer or a really, really
big spanner, or ideally a combination of both.

I might have had the problem with a loose fitting crank extractor, but
I think the problem was more due to a combination of cheesecranks(tm)
and me intermittently being a muppet.

John

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Uniwitold said:

Bewere loosly fitting crank extractor when dealing with aluminium
cranks.
It happens that when it is very easy to put extractor in you may end up
with ripping the thread out.It happened to me 2x.🙁

Are you sure it was the fact that it was loose? Because i know if you
dont screw it in ALL THE WAY then you run the risk of yanking out oyur
threds.

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phil said:

I've had the opposite problem; a tightly fitting crank extractor that
does what it is supposed to but then cannot be removed from the crank!

All the more reason to use anti-seize on anything that's threaded and
you want to remove. That's your extractor-extractor... and you can
extract that with a rag! :p

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Evan Byrne said:

Are you sure it was the fact that it was loose? Because i know if you
dont screw it in ALL THE WAY then you run the risk of yanking out oyur
threds.

The only reason why I hava put my remark in was ,because in those two
occasions I have used very good quality extractor and....I HAVE SCREWED
IT IN WELL.
The mantioned by you mistake I have done already in the past.🙄

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