Davetrials Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Ok seeing as i only have a normal extractor i cant get my isis cranks off is there any other way to do so? can i bash it off like i do with square bb's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 pop a 5p coin in before you put the extractor in, job done :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsy Jock Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 (edited) Put a 5p between the extractor and the end of the bb :blink: will work like a treat Pete edit: Damn ali! you have to be fast in this place lol Edited February 3, 2005 by tipsy Jock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 (edited) awsome :blink: ill go have a go THERES a perfectly round shapped 5p stuck on my crank extractor now, did i pick upa weak one? Edited February 3, 2005 by Davetrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzamad Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 i wouldn't have thought so, the best way to do it would be to go out and buy a tool, then you can do it again and againw ith out fooking your crank or bb up. thats what ive done. when i need a special tool, ive bought one. (well the most common ones anyway.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 i wouldn't have thought so, the best way to do it would be to go out and buy a tool, then you can do it again and againw ith out fooking your crank or bb up. thats what ive done. when i need a special tool, ive bought one. (well the most common ones anyway.) ← or then again, perhaps not.... all the isis tool has thats different is a wider end, which is the same as sticking a 5p in there! i always found my cornish 5p's were fractionally too large and i had to file them down a touch. plus they do tend to bend.... i now use a domed headed bolt, just drop the threads into the bb hole and the head fills the gap perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trials Punk Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 i wouldn't have thought so, the best way to do it would be to go out and buy a tool, then you can do it again and againw ith out fooking your crank or bb up. thats what ive done. when i need a special tool, ive bought one. (well the most common ones anyway.) ← It does work. Tried and tested method. It dosn't mess your crank or BB up. It can do though if you use a coin like a 1p one. As thats just cheap. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 theres a 5p stick in my bb now:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 I had to do this last night, after ten mins of searching i found a bolt the could just be popped into the bb axle and the head was big and strong enough for the it not to bend or get stuck in bb axle and i just used the crank extractor as normal :blink: i think the bolt was off a star fangled nut that could have the front brake cable put throu it! as for your five pence, take other crank bolt off and tap it through with a skrewdriver or something!! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 awsome :blink: ill go have a go THERES a perfectly round shapped 5p stuck on my crank extractor now, did i pick upa weak one? ← Unlucky, your cranke must be on pretty tight. Use two 5ps (Y) I can normally pull my cranks off without a tool (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Or you could try hitting the back on the crank with a rubber mallet? it worked for me once :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4130 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Or you could try hitting the back on the crank with a rubber mallet? it worked for me once (Y) ← And for me, even with squares. Use Boiling water, I thought Isis cranks literally could be pulled off? :blink:" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Done it once side judders technique the other two 5ps:D which pushed togther and made one :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Or you can get the little gizmo thing that u get with FSA bb's. It's shaped like a mushroom and goes into the axle with a big flat face on it for the crankpuller to have something to push on. Only about £2 to buy cant find i pick of it (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Dave, take the other bolt off and hammer a screw driver through to get that 10p out. Then listen to this man: I had to do this last night, after ten mins of searching i found a bolt the could just be popped into the bb axle and the head was big and strong enough for the it not to bend or get stuck in bb axle and i just used the crank extractor as normal :sick: i think the bolt was off a star fangled nut that could have the front brake cable put throu it! as for your five pence, take other crank bolt off and tap it through with a skrewdriver or something!! mike ← Use a bolt. Put the threaded bit towards the axle, and the head pressing against it. Works a charm. My cranks just wobble when i've not got the bolt in. Saves hassle with extractors. (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewholdsworth Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 hmmm knwoing this little trick would have saved me some hassle when i got the end of my park extracter stuck in the bb (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 (edited) I used 5 5p's, and they all bent. This is what i did, my cranks were tight as a camels arse in a sandstrom. Get something like a nail, something long thin strong and metal. Cut it down to the correct length so that it sits good on the bolt on the other side, and then just use the crank tool as normal. My dad cut me down a piston out of a desil engine. (Y)" Works a treat. :sick: Edited February 3, 2005 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4130 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 My dad cut me down a piston out of a desil engine. (A)" Works a treat. :sick: ← Wtf are you gonna do with that (Y) I can't see how a piston could be used to remove a crank, with the expetion of wacking it with it (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Wtf are you gonna do with that (Y) I can't see how a piston could be used to remove a crank, with the expetion of wacking it with it (Y) ← You slide it down so its resting against the bolt on the other side, so it goes stright through, then the crank tool has something to push against. I might have not been a piston....its about 7mm think 15cm long. Did the job though! (A) :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 i used 2 5p coins and the both bent alot! it still works though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser1 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 I use the coins as well. It does ruin them after one use, but whatever. Right now, I can take my cranks off without tools though, so it's all good. A bolt works perfectly as well, and won't get deformed like coins. The derailleur hanger bolt is perfect for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 I just use a mallet to whack my cranks off... I've put copper slip grease on the BB axle so i just give them one big whack and theyre off (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excaliborg Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 i use a long bolt that slides inside the BB and rests against the back of the crank bolt on the opposite side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisatactiv05 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 i used 2 5p coins and the both bent alot! it still works though..... ← i used a magura brake boss bolt, they work really well, if not find a bolt .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly C Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 I thought the tried and tested method was a 5 pound note... I must of read wrong.. anyways it didn't work, tried it twice to make sure (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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