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Can't remove cranks from DX

terrybigwheel · 2006-07-19T02:50:08+00:00

A new riding buddy recently bought a '06 torker dx 24" off ebay, and came with the cranks on the wrong sides. After removing both bolts from each crank they were ready to come off, but they won't budge! *MY* torker dx cranks came off easily after removing the bolts, so I expected the same east removal. Does anyone know the best way to get them off? Obviously can't use a crank puller since these are spined. Appreciate any help. Thanks!😄 PS: In the meantime, we just reversed the saddle so the pedals won't continue to come loose, but we'd prefer the brake bosses in the back. -- terrybigwheel Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings". Uni is just a cycle I'm going through. 😎 *My Video Gallery*: http://tinyurl.com/e6wt5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ terrybigwheel's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11418 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51280

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terrybigwheel
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19 July 2006, 02:50 UTC #1

A new riding buddy recently bought a '06 torker dx 24" off ebay, and
came with the cranks on the wrong sides. After removing both bolts from
each crank they were ready to come off, but they won't budge! *MY*
torker dx cranks came off easily after removing the bolts, so I
expected the same east removal. Does anyone know the best way to get
them off? Obviously can't use a crank puller since these are spined.
Appreciate any help. Thanks!😄
PS: In the meantime, we just reversed the saddle so the pedals won't
continue to come loose, but we'd prefer the brake bosses in the back.
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Goats_On_Unicycles
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19 July 2006, 02:56 UTC #2

Hmmmmm. does that include the big one right by the axle?
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forrestunifreak
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19 July 2006, 02:58 UTC #3

You can use a crank puller on them. I've done it many times, on the new
and old DX cranks.
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muzzle
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19 July 2006, 04:04 UTC #4

terrybigwheel said:
Duh! That slipped my mind! Thanks!
Apparently this is quite a common mistake to make, thinking the cranks
are assembled wrong where as it is user error leading to backwards
installation of the wheel.
That happened to me when I got mine out of its box :P
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19 July 2006, 04:10 UTC #5

muzzle said:
Apparently this is quite a common mistake to make, thinking the cranks
are assembled wrong where as it is user error leading to backwards
installation of the wheel.
That happened to me when I got mine out of its box :P
interesting. when i put mine together like an hour ago (just got it 🙂)
i put the wheel on backwards and immediately thought it was on
backwards, not the cranks.
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Jerrick
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19 July 2006, 07:08 UTC #6

The torker DX cranks have a very nice design, with the pinch bolt. Did
you make sure you loosened the pinch bolts on the end?
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terrybigwheel
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19 July 2006, 15:21 UTC #7

Jerrick said:
The torker DX cranks have a very nice design, with the pinch bolt. Did
you make sure you loosened the pinch bolts on the end?
Yeah, removed both bolts completely from each crank.
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trials_uni
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19 July 2006, 19:01 UTC #8

Terry you shouldnt feel dimb for doing that...Just this morning i
brought my wheel to work for its monthly maintenance pakage and i
thought that i ahd put the cranks on the wrong sides...So i took them
both off anagin and my co-worker pipes up and says, couldnt you have
just turned the wheel around....Then i felt so dumb...Even those non
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terrybigwheel
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19 July 2006, 19:08 UTC #9

trials_uni said:
Terry you shouldnt feel dimb for doing that...Just this morning i
brought my wheel to work for its monthly maintenance pakage and i
thought that i ahd put the cranks on the wrong sides...So i took them
both off anagin and my co-worker pipes up and says, couldnt you have
just turned the wheel around....Then i felt so dumb...Even those non
uni people kno that!!
Thanks...I guess now don't feel so bad! 😄
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Jerrick
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19 July 2006, 21:18 UTC #10

Hmm, when you were taking the extractor bolt out, did that just unscrew
itself and come out, cause one of my cranks, it does that too, but the
other side, the crank gets pulled off with it. I found that the side
that doest get pulled off, is on there pretty good, and takes some
pulling to get off.
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terrybigwheel
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20 July 2006, 00:22 UTC #11

Jerrick said:
Hmm, when you were taking the extractor bolt out, did that just unscrew
itself and come out, cause one of my cranks, it does that too, but the
other side, the crank gets pulled off with it. I found that the side
that doest get pulled off, is on there pretty good, and takes some
pulling to get off.
Goodluck with yours.
Well, my kh/onza cranks (no pinch bolt) come off as you remove the
center bolt, but not so with the torker splined cranks.
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torkerdx
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20 July 2006, 00:34 UTC #12

stick a big flat head screw driver in the pinch bolt location and the
wiggle it and pull
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Jerrick
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20 July 2006, 00:41 UTC #13

Yeah, my DX originaly would come off as the center bolt was loosened,
but now one side does and the other doest. I am sure you just need a
nice force to push the sucker off. =p
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trials_uni
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20 July 2006, 01:19 UTC #14

Jerrick...maybe you lost the self extractor from your other crank.
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Jerrick
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20 July 2006, 01:31 UTC #15

Nope, I didnt loose it, but on the top of the crank, where the allen
wrench goes, and it has the little ring, on one crank, that is secure
and pulls the crank with it, on the other, its loose. Too many grinds
and crankgrabs. =p
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20 July 2006, 01:59 UTC #16

What is the self extractor? The bolt?
terrybigwheel said:
Well, my kh/onza cranks (no pinch bolt) come off as you remove the
center bolt, but not so with the torker splined cranks.
A crank puller will work. You will probablly have to put several
washers were the puller part goes to make it work though.
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20 July 2006, 21:48 UTC #17

forrestunifreak said:
What is the self extractor? The bolt?.
The new KH cranks have a self extractor that makes the cranks come off
with the bolt...Its some sort of spring mechanism i beleive.
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20 July 2006, 22:22 UTC #18

trials_uni said:
The new KH cranks have a self extractor that makes the cranks come off
with the bolt...Its some sort of spring mechanism i beleive.
I don't know WHAT you're talking about. I have the 2006 model and it
did NOT have anything like a self extractor. Just the center bolt and
the pinch bolt-period. 🙂 Now YES...the KH freeride DOES hAVE that.
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