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Bomba · 2003-01-31T13:45:05+00:00

So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle with a hacksaw. It may take me some time... -- a.m-b FAQ: http://www.t-online.de/~jharris/ambfaq.htm b.bmx FAQ: http://www.t-online.de/~jharris/bmx_faq.htm

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Published: 31 January 2003
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Original author: Bomba
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Bomba
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31 January 2003, 13:45 UTC #1

So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank and
see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads even
more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle with a
hacksaw. It may take me some time...
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Dave
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31 January 2003, 14:15 UTC #2

"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank
and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads
even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle
with a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
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Mark Hickey
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31 January 2003, 14:15 UTC #3

bomba said:
So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank
and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads
even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle with
a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
D'Oh... there's a MUCH easier way.
Just take out the crank bolt (sounds like you already did this) and go ride the bike. Do lots o'
jumping with the left crank forward and backward. It'll come off soon enough. It's the same thing
that happens when someone doesn't torque their crank bolts enough.
I wouldn't recommend doing any kamikaze downhills while waiting for the crank to fall off though -
around the block on the road would be a good idea.
Oh, and it could possibly ruin the crank, though it sounds like that's already a foregone
conclusion...
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Clydesdalemtb
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31 January 2003, 14:45 UTC #4

bomba said:
So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank
and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads
even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle
with a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
I wish I could say that hasn't happened to me, but I can't. Might I suggest finding someone w/ a
good compressor and an assortment of air-tools..... They should have a cut-off wheel. Makes short
work of it.

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Ground Control©
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31 January 2003, 14:45 UTC #5

"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank
| and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads
| even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle
| with a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
Why hacksaw hard steel when you could accomplish it much easier splitting the end of the crank arm?
Is the BB shot? Slicing through exposed aluminum is far easier than going through hardened CroMo.
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Bomba
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31 January 2003, 15:30 UTC #6

Ground Control© said:
"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank
| and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads
| even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle
| with a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
Why hacksaw hard steel when you could accomplish it much easier splitting the end of the crank
arm? Is the BB shot? Slicing through exposed aluminum is far easier than going through
hardened CroMo.
I was just thinking that. I'm just not exactly sure how I can saw the arm without damaging the frame
in the process. I'll check out the logistics when I get home.
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Nelson Binch
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31 January 2003, 19:15 UTC #7

"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| Ground Control© wrote:
| > "bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| > | So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side
| > | crank and see that the thread is pretty weak.
Try
| > | it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads even more.
Hooray!
| > | Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle with a hacksaw.
| > | It may take me some time...
| >
| > Why hacksaw hard steel when you could accomplish it much easier
splitting
| > the end of the crank arm? Is the BB shot? Slicing through exposed
aluminum
| > is far easier than going through hardened CroMo.
|
| I was just thinking that. I'm just not exactly sure how I can saw the arm without damaging the
| frame in the process. I'll check out the logistics when I get home.
I've actually done it on occasion with an air driven grinder, but you can probably take the
blade out of a hacksaw and get at the edge, cutting deep enough to get a chisel in there and
finish the job.
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Bomba
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31 January 2003, 19:30 UTC #8

Nelson Binch said:
| I was just thinking that. I'm just not exactly sure how I can saw the arm without damaging the
| frame in the process. I'll check out the logistics when I get home.
I've actually done it on occasion with an air driven grinder, but you can probably take the
blade out of a hacksaw and get at the edge, cutting deep enough to get a chisel in there and
finish the job.
Yeah, I managed it eventually. Hacked it up loads and it eventually came off. Now have spangly,
shiney new RF's on there.

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Supabonbon
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31 January 2003, 19:45 UTC #9

bomba <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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Ground Control© said:
"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side
| crank and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the
| threads even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo
| spindle with a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
Why hacksaw hard steel when you could accomplish it much easier splitting the end of the crank
arm? Is the BB shot? Slicing through exposed aluminum is far easier than going through hardened
CroMo.
I was just thinking that. I'm just not exactly sure how I can saw the arm without damaging the
frame in the process. I'll check out the logistics when I get home.
Have anything better than a hacksaw? I'm thinking of something like a grinder with a smaller
blade... I guess a heavy-duty Dremel tool or something like that. /s

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Bomba
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31 January 2003, 20:15 UTC #10

supabonbon said:
Have anything better than a hacksaw?
No.

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crazy6r54
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31 January 2003, 21:15 UTC #11

DON'T DO IT. Don' t hack it, use a rotary tool with a diamon cut off wheel.
Fire up MTB 03

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Jd
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31 January 2003, 21:15 UTC #12

"Doof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank
and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads
even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle
with a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
--
a.m-b FAQ: t-online.deambfaq.htm
a.bmx FAQ: t-online.debmx faq.htm
[censored] the hacksaw, break out the oxy/acetylene torch!
Thanks for once again proving that you don't know jack [censored] about bicycles, doofpig.
Try a gear puller if you have one, Bomba.
JD has old VW tools

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L Hays
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31 January 2003, 21:30 UTC #13

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"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side
crank and see that the thread is pretty weak.

Try
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it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads even more.

Hooray!
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle with a hacksaw.
It may take me some time...
--
a.m-b FAQ: t-online.deambfaq.htm
a.bmx FAQ: t-online.debmx faq.htm
[censored] the hacksaw, break out the oxy/acetylene torch!
Thanks for once again proving that you don't know jack [censored] about

bicycles, doofpig.
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Try a gear puller if you have one, Bomba.
JD has old VW tools
What's that JD, (1) 10mm wrench? ;^)
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Dave
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1 February 2003, 01:00 UTC #14

Hehehe, I just went thru the exact same scenario about two months ago. I got out my trust hammer,
used a towel to keep the crank arm pointed up with the bike turned upside down. After a few solid
whacks that made the bike flip over, it wasn't even beginning to budge. Getting excessively [censored], I started looking thru my dremel tools, hacksaw, and other stuff, not finding anything that
would work well IMO. Now I am ready to kill small children and animals, I lined it back up, and let
fly with one last shot. The crank arm finally let go, and probably would have flown about a good 100
feet if I wasn't in the garage. The bike almost did a complete flip in the air, and nearly landed
back upside down. Damn, that felt good. After a little drywall patch for the point of crank-arm
impact, I got my new RaceFace cranks and BB on now and life is good again.....

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Dave Haley
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1 February 2003, 20:00 UTC #15

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank
and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads
even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle
with a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
--
a.m-b FAQ: t-online.deambfaq.htm
a.bmx FAQ: t-online.debmx faq.htm
[censored] the hacksaw, break out the oxy/acetylene torch!

Applying that kind of heat near the bottom bracket shell is a sure way to warp it and misalign the
frame let alone the possibility of cutting the BB shell. JD's post makes a lot more sense.
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Dave Haley www.geocities.com/bikegeek66

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Dave
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1 February 2003, 20:00 UTC #16

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"Doof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side
crank and see that the thread is pretty weak.

Try
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads even more.

Hooray!
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle with a hacksaw.
It may take me some time...
--
a.m-b FAQ: t-online.deambfaq.htm
a.bmx FAQ: t-online.debmx faq.htm
[censored] the hacksaw, break out the oxy/acetylene torch!
Thanks for once again proving that you don't know jack [censored] about

bicycles, doofpig.
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Try a gear puller if you have one, Bomba.
JD has old VW tools
you [censored] dumbass, can't tell a joke if it jumped up and bit your sorry ass in the face, sorry
[censored]...

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Dave
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1 February 2003, 20:15 UTC #17

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"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side
crank and see that the thread is pretty weak.

Try
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads even more.

Hooray!
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle with a hacksaw.
It may take me some time...
--
a.m-b FAQ: t-online.deambfaq.htm
a.bmx FAQ: t-online.debmx faq.htm
[censored] the hacksaw, break out the oxy/acetylene torch!
Thanks for once again proving that you don't know jack [censored] about

bicycles, doofpig.
try using the gear puller, and pulling your no sense of humor, couldn't spot a joke if it jumped up
and bit your sorry ass in the face, head out of your ass dumb [censored]....
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Try a gear puller if you have one, Bomba.
JustaDick has old VW tools for the JESUS SAVES MICROBUS behind the Koresh

style compound in Fruita
Dave (The Cult of "lack of" Personality!)

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Dave
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1 February 2003, 20:15 UTC #18

"Dave Haley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side
crank and see that the thread is pretty weak.

Try
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads even more.

Hooray!
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle with a hacksaw.
It may take me some time...
--
a.m-b FAQ: t-online.deambfaq.htm
a.bmx FAQ: t-online.debmx faq.htm
[censored] the hacksaw, break out the oxy/acetylene torch!

Applying that kind of heat near the bottom bracket shell is a sure way to warp it and misalign the
frame let alone the possibility of cutting the BB shell. JD's post makes a lot more sense.
--
Dave Haley www.geocities.com/bikegeek66
jeez, you guy's are a bunch og humorless folks ain't cha...
Dave, nevermind.....

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Bill Wheeler
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2 February 2003, 01:15 UTC #19

Mark Hickey said:
bomba said:
So I've got my nice new Race Face BB and cranks through. Go to remove the old XT left-side crank
and see that the thread is pretty weak. Try it with a crank puller, but just wrecked the threads
even more. Hooray! Am now currently trying to work my way through the toughened cro-mo spindle
with a hacksaw. It may take me some time...
D'Oh... there's a MUCH easier way.
Just take out the crank bolt (sounds like you already did this) and go ride the bike.
Simpler is better....I'll keep this one on file.
Peace, Bill The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind
should give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
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