"Steve" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... <snip>
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So what's the accepted method for removing the crank ?. LBS "special tool", Sawzall the spindle ?.
Any (useful) thoughts appreciated.
Steve B.
I've heard of various methods, from gear pullers to pickle forks (one of these: http://www.toolking.com/performance/view.asp?id=1233 ). The lowest-tech solution is to leave the bolt out and ride the bike (carefully!) until the crank falls off.
I'd probably take a hacksaw to the crank and split it. That'll teach it to strip!
"Steve" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... <snip>
Quoted message said:
So what's the accepted method for removing the crank ?. LBS "special tool", Sawzall the spindle ?.
Any (useful) thoughts appreciated.
Steve B.
I've heard of various methods, from gear pullers to pickle forks (one of these: http://www.toolking.com/performance/view.asp?id=1233 ). The lowest-tech solution is to leave the bolt out and ride the bike (carefully!) until the crank falls off.
I'd probably take a hacksaw to the crank and split it. That'll teach it to strip!
Jeff
I was taking the Park Tool course at my LBS and when I was in process of removing the crank arm on the project bike I experienced the same problem. The instructor used a pickle fork with quite some force and extracted the crank arm. Did no damage to the carbon frame or the spindle. Your mileage may vary.
On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:00:14 -0500, David James <[email hidden]>
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I was taking the Park Tool course at my LBS and when I was in process of removing the crank arm on the project bike I experienced the same problem. The instructor used a pickle fork with quite some force and extracted the crank arm. Did no damage to the carbon frame or the spindle. Your mileage may vary.
I recently sent a mass-market steel frame to recycling because it had a BB shell with threads that would no longer permit BB installation due to the use of one of those by someone prior to my having acquired it. If the BB has a stout lip, and you don't mind the possibility that the bearings may be hosed by the side force, a fork will often work. Just don't try it with a BB that has a thin or fragile lip; the fork may do ugly things in that case.
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I recently sent a mass-market steel frame to recycling because it had a BB shell with threads that would no longer permit BB installation due to the use of one of those by someone prior to my having acquired it.
There are BBs for frames with stripped threads. -- Rick Onanian
On Thu, 20 May 2004 13:10:32 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>
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Werehatrack said:
I recently sent a mass-market steel frame to recycling because it had a BB shell with threads that would no longer permit BB installation due to the use of one of those by someone prior to my having acquired it.
There are BBs for frames with stripped threads.
Not stripped in this case. Mashed and distorted. The shoulder of the shell is no longer square. It would still would with a threadless BB, but it was a crappy frame anyway; why bother?
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