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dgrif
07-13-2006, 03:40 PM
what tool do you use to pull these cranks?

binary visions
07-13-2006, 03:45 PM
You need a crank puller, and you need whatever type is appropriate for your bottom bracket - either an ISIS crank puller or a square taper crank puller.

dgrif
07-13-2006, 11:59 PM
So since xtype/external bearing systems aren't ISIS would you use the square taper puller?

binary visions
07-14-2006, 05:44 AM
Nope, you have to use the self-extracting crank bolts that came with them. I don't think RaceFace makes a tool for it.

dgrif
07-14-2006, 06:11 AM
good stuff.. thanks vis :)

dgrif
07-14-2006, 04:56 PM
I thought these were suppose to come off relatively easy after i remove the cap/nut. I've been lightly tapping and bumpin this thing, any suggestions? Should i take a hammer to it, maybe a socket in the drive side to tap the crank out?

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Quo Fan
07-14-2006, 08:00 PM
Screw the bolt back on, and replace the cap. Unscrew the bolt without removing the cap. That is how self-extracting bolts work.

binary visions
07-14-2006, 11:28 PM
Screw the bolt back on, and replace the cap. Unscrew the bolt without removing the cap. That is how self-extracting bolts work.
Yeppers. The cap threads into the cranks, so unscrewing the fixing bolt pulls the cranks off.

dgrif
07-15-2006, 07:03 AM
how easy.. thanks guys.

grif