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Can I remove a Crank arm without a Crank arm remover?
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flag ZakAttack
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 17:43 Quote
I don't have a Crank arm remover and I don't feel like going to the bike shop
flag scrippsranchDJ
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 17:44 Quote
Do you have a rubber mallet?
flag travisblackmer
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 17:49 Quote
scrippsranchDJ wrote:
Do you have a rubber mallet?
Thats how i get mine off, but if they don't, don't get a metal one, all your gonna do is screw crap up.
flag ZakAttack
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 17:56 Quote
so what do I do in detail with the rubber mallet?
flag dmanj
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 17:57 Quote
whats cranks are they? if they have self extracting bolts you can take them off without a crank puller. if they aren't, you'll need one if you want to do it properly without the risk of damaging your cranks
flag scrippsranchDJ
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 17:57 Quote
ZakAttack wrote:
so what do I do in detail with the rubber mallet?

Which crank arm is stuck? You haven't told us much other than it's still on the bike.
flag riggadon
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 17:59 Quote
i just took off my cranks about 5 minutes ago with a rubber mallet. its easy, just bang on the crank arm as close to the frame as you can get. you will have to bang a lot really hard, but it'll come off eventually. and if you think it will break, it wont. think about how much abuse the cranks get when your riding... hitting it with a mallet is nothing compared to a sideways landed whip
flag riggadon
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 18:04 Quote
ZakAttack wrote:
their both stuck

just bang a lot.. the first time is always the hardest
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Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 18:06 Quote
fall0ut wrote:
ZakAttack wrote:
their both stuck

just bang a lot.. the first time is always the hardest
Wink
flag riggadon
Posted: Dec 6, 2009 at 18:10 Quote
mtbrider71 wrote:
fall0ut wrote:
ZakAttack wrote:
their both stuck

just bang a lot.. the first time is always the hardest
Wink

haha yea i just realized how that sounded...Redface
flag bigtard
Posted: Dec 7, 2009 at 11:22 Quote
the only cranks that will come off with a mallet are real shitty soft ones. like truvativ low end crap. or any brands low end crap.
go get the tool. there's usually only one good way to do things. the right way.
flag riggadon
Posted: Dec 7, 2009 at 11:38 Quote
bigtard wrote:
the only cranks that will come off with a mallet are real shitty soft ones. like truvativ low end crap. or any brands low end crap.
go get the tool. there's usually only one good way to do things. the right way.

luckily i have really shitty truvativ ones
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Dec 7, 2009 at 11:39 Quote
fall0ut wrote:
bigtard wrote:
the only cranks that will come off with a mallet are real shitty soft ones. like truvativ low end crap. or any brands low end crap.
go get the tool. there's usually only one good way to do things. the right way.

luckily i have really shitty truvativ ones

you don't even need a mallet for those.Wink


here is an old school trick,undo your crank bolts and remove them completely then just ride around until they fall off,that won't work with raceface though.
flag riggadon
Posted: Dec 7, 2009 at 11:40 Quote
marquis wrote:
fall0ut wrote:
bigtard wrote:
the only cranks that will come off with a mallet are real shitty soft ones. like truvativ low end crap. or any brands low end crap.
go get the tool. there's usually only one good way to do things. the right way.

luckily i have really shitty truvativ ones

you don't even need a mallet for those.Wink


here is an old school trick,un do your crank bolts and remove them completely then just ride around until they fall off,that won't work with raceface though.

yea i do that with my bontrager ones and they come off in 30 seconds
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