duane Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Hi, I am having a really c5ap day, as I was getting my bike out the house, I noticed that the slap from the rear mech has started to wear a hole in the chain stay, then the creaking noise my bike has been making for weeks started to really get to me. Anyway I am certain the creaking is the bottom bracket not the chain stay, so I tried to take the cranks off to sort out the BB, but one of the cranks is stuck. Worse than that I used all my tarzan like strength and seem to have threaded my crank puller all the way into the BB Axle. Am I really as strong as 'Tarzan, lord of the jungle' or did I do something wrong ?Please help me before I ruin more tools Duane.PS I did a search and WD40 and a hammer seem to be the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 The pouring water over the crank arm (boiling water) and then hitting with a hammer works.. sometimes..This happened to me, but i ended up ripping my threads out of my bottom bracket shell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 be a man get out the blow tourch give it some heat give it bash it will come off, a bit of heat always works . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 There was a topic like this a week ago Flood the taper with WD40, wait a few hours and then unscrew the crank bolts and pedal with vigor for a few minutes. Your cranks will fall off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Yeah, i ended up grinding the f**ker off. Tryed everything, there was 2 of us doing it, and we could shift it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickycoleman Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 We had a problem like this a few weeks ago, tryed eveything. Ended up just leaving the bolt out and riding it, and after about 2 hours the b*****d came off , simple as. Was quite comical watching it fall off too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 always best to get some quality tool (buy or borrow) and do the job properly..but since your threads are f**ked(that is what u wer saying, right? ) then i would ride them without the crankbolts in just to 'break the lock' before using heat and a hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewholdsworth Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 before using heat and a hammer big hammer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 (edited) why do you lot make cranks sound hard to get off there piss easy take the bolt out heat it up hit it in all thew right places your sorted Edited September 19, 2006 by Snowy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane Posted September 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 In the end my crank came off easily with a new crank puller, without knowing it I had lost the little plunger that used to fit in the end of the bolt on my old one. Without this inplace, the hollow bolt collapsed and ended up getting threaded right into the BB Axle.Thanks for all the responsesDuane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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