Bicycle Mechanics - Crank Puller? Or Pull On Crank?

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56/12 and 22/28
08-03-04, 03:08 PM
What tool or method do I use to remove the Truvativ Hi-Forge Crank from my 2003 Specialized Hardrock Pro?


no3puttchad
08-03-04, 04:00 PM
A crank-puller.

sydney
08-03-04, 04:05 PM
A crank-puller.Assuming it does not have self extractors.


Raiyn
08-03-04, 05:25 PM
http://www.parktool.com/tool_indexes/catindex_crank.shtml

blonde
08-03-04, 06:07 PM
For a laugh when taking apart the obligatory 'long forgotten bike you find in the box room' I tried to pull the cranks off by hand, it's a nice exercise in agression and futility. Suffice to say the crank puller worked fine.

For some reason I liked the though of tying a horse to each crank and letting them try and pull them off, sort of like the classic magdeburg hemisphere demonstration.

Davet
08-03-04, 06:14 PM
For a laugh when taking apart the obligatory 'long forgotten bike you find in the box room' I tried to pull the cranks off by hand, it's a nice exercise in agression and futility. Suffice to say the crank puller worked fine.

For some reason I liked the though of tying a horse to each crank and letting them try and pull them off, sort of like the classic magdeburg hemisphere demonstration.
Just when I was thinking the world had forgotten the veritable Guericke's Magdeburg Hemishpere demonstration, up it jumps! Damn, life is good.

blonde
08-03-04, 06:16 PM
Some other people remember too!

http://www.drafthorsejournal.com/features/hemispheres/hemispheres.htm

Oh for a team of horses....

Raiyn
08-03-04, 06:19 PM
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6358/magdeburg.gif
Sheesh who could forget?

blonde
08-03-04, 06:24 PM
Fun things to do with a vacuum pump....

exercise horses (see above)

make huge popcorn

dehydrate food

make really bad tea with cold but boiling water ( R.I.P. Douglas Adams )

Davet
08-03-04, 06:30 PM
Now this is a prime example of a thread gone completely off-topic!