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- From: mack@risc.sps.mot.com (Gregg Mack)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
- Subject: Re: Removing cranks
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:44:37 -0600
- Organization: Motorola (Austin,TX)
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- References: <Orakel.64@sarpih.no>
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- Orakel@sarpih.no (Jens Kr. Kirkeb) writes:
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- >How to I remove a crank without destroying anything? The crank fits on a
- >square, and is pressed on by tightening of a nut. Now; to get it off, you
- >should presumably remove the nut, and then pull the crank off. Doing this
- >seems to bend the (spokes?) that hold the chainrings. Any tips anyone?
-
- Go to your bike shop and buy a toll named a "crankarm extractor".
- I see one in the new Colorado Cyclist catalog for US$7.99.
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