Really need crank help!!

I bet a hammer would work pretty good. If you're planning on getting new
cranks. If not, then wait until someone posts here who has a -good-
idea.

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Well, he wants the cranks back, so I need to be nice to them. I have a
crank puller. This is just for getting the dust cap off.

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sigurd,
if you have already rounded out the allen hole on the dust cap,
then don't wory about damaging it any further.

If I have your story straight the dust cap is threaded into the crank
and the allen hole is stripped out. this has happened to me. what I did
is took a dremel and ground a slot in the cap then I could use a
screwdriver to unthread the cap. I don't know how you would use a hammer
to get it out

mike

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onetrack, that's kinda where I'm leaning right now. I think I'm going
to drill some holes opposite each other and use my needle-nose pliers on
them.

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onetrack said:

* If I have your story straight the dust cap is threaded into the
crank and the allen hole is stripped out. this has happened to me.
what I did is took a dremel and ground a slot in the cap then I could
use a screwdriver to unthread the cap. *

You may not even need to dremel a slot. Dust cap material is really
soft and weak. Sometimes just grabing it with a pair of needle-nosed
pliers or very small vice grips and unscrewing it works too. Or you can
carve a slot with a sharp, sturdy knife or chisel. Whatever you do try
not to damage the threads in the crank itself, or gash yourself in the
process. Securing the crank in a vice (padded, of course) makes the
whole job a lot easier.

The other possibility is that it isn't a dust cap and you've rounded out
the allen hole in the crank bolt. If this is the case you're in a lot
more trouble.

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Thanks for all your input everybody. The crank is still on the uni,
though. So it makes it a little awkward to work around. And I do know
for a fact that it isn't a crank bolt because I've swapped cranks many
times before. I'm glad it's *not* a crank bolt because then I would
REALLY be in a bad way.

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