Remove crank with stripped threads?

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Cut old inner tubes and use them as liner underneath handlebar tape.

Probably extra handlebar tape will be necessary, to accommodate the extra diameter.

Dorian Smith said:

How do you remove a crank when the threads are stripped and a crank puller tool can't be screwed
into it?

1) cut oversize threads, use oversize puller
2) use a two or three armed bearing puller (try a garage)
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Marten

Dorian Smith said:

How do you remove a crank when the threads are stripped and a crank puller tool can't be screwed
into it?

Force a wedge in between the crank and the bottom bracket, and hammer.

Sergio Pisa

If you remove the crank from the other side and then remove the bottom bracket, assuming you have
a one piece bottom bracket, this will take it off. You can also try violence, a touch of the
"shock and awe", or it is said , it you cycle on it for a while with the nut off, that it will
work its way off.

Try no 1. I've done it.

Sergio-<< Force a wedge in between the crank and the bottom bracket, and hammer.

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How do you remove a crank when the threads are stripped and a crank puller tool can't be
screwed into it?

I made a plate to go behind the crank and use a harmonic balancer puller to remove the crank. Well,
that's not quite true, my teenage son used thing when it was time to remove the damaged crank from
his bike. The plate (of course) had holes drilled in it for the bolts from the puller along with a
slot to fit over the axle. .

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How do you remove a crank when the threads are stripped and a crank puller tool can't be screwed
into it?

There's the Var #932 which clips on the arm and pushes against the spindle. Consult your LBS. The
job only takes a moment with the right tool so it can't cost much.

If you needn't reuse the crank, a small propane torch will expand the aluminum crank much
faster than the steel spindle. Warm it and tap on the inside of the arm to let it fall into a
bucket of water.

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Anybody like this? Dislike this? Cut old inner tubes and use them as liner underneath handlebar
tape. Probably extra handlebar tape will be necessary, to accommodate the extra diameter.

This won't work well if you have smaller hands.
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Cut old inner tubes and use them as liner underneath handlebar tape.

People used to do this (maybe 20 or 30 years ago). Back then the standard handlebar tape was thin
cloth or plastic. Today, padded handlebar tapes are widely available and have the same effect.

Ken

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Anybody like this? Dislike this? Cut old inner tubes and use them as liner underneath handlebar
tape. Probably extra handlebar tape will be necessary, to accommodate the extra diameter.

This won't work well if you have smaller hands.
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I saw an old video of the 7-11 team putting a longitudinal layer of bar tape under the wrapped tape
for Paris Roubaix. This would probably work better than an inner tube: more cushioning.

It increases the diameter of the gripping surface, but if it helps, go for
it.

Mike

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Cut old inner tubes and use them as liner underneath

handlebar tape.

Quoted message said:

People used to do this (maybe 20 or 30 years ago). Back

then the standard

Quoted message said:

handlebar tape was thin cloth or plastic. Today, padded

handlebar tapes are

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widely available and have the same effect.

There used to be a rubber handlebar tape sold by Scott. I used it once on one of those AT-2 MTB bars
and liked it a lot -- two layers under the regular grip area felt like a normal MTB grip. I haven't
seen the stuff for a long time though.

Matt O.

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Anybody like this?

Dislike this?

Cut old inner tubes and use them as liner underneath handlebar tape.

Probably extra handlebar tape will be necessary, to accommodate the extra diameter.

I like this idea for a paticular reason. I do ultra-marathon events and a great deal of my rides are
for many hours. Over the course of a year the sweat from my hands that soaks into the tape results
in that white aluminum corrosion on the surface of the handlebars. Perhaps if I properly wrap the
inner tube around the bars I can make it somewhat water tight. OTOH, any moisture that does get in
there may stay for a lot longer.

Tom

The tube is not really doesn't give much cushioning even if you use it like tape and wrap it. Dense
foam where you need it and not the pipe insulation stuff works better.

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Cut old inner tubes and use them as liner underneath handlebar tape.

Probably extra handlebar tape will be necessary, to accommodate the extra diameter.

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The tube is not really doesn't give much cushioning even if you use it like tape and wrap it.
Dense foam where you need it and not the pipe insulation stuff works better.

Some one was actually selling foam handlebar wraps back in the 1980s. You needed really big hands to
be comfortable with that stuff. The padded handlebar tapes that have been around for the last 10
years (either synthetic or cork) are much more versitile and also much easier to install.

Ken said:

Some one was actually selling foam handlebar wraps back in the 1980s. You needed really big hands
to be comfortable with that stuff.

It's still sold, and some of us do have big hands. I tried the foam, but didn't like it. However, I
cut strips of it and put it under handlbar tape, and it does add some cushioning to the bars. For
me, just tape on the bars leaves them too thin for my comfort.

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