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Old 03-27-13 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
Whoa! It may seem to fit, but that tool is actually designed for TA arms (23.0mm diameter extractor) while Stronglight is 23.35mm diameter extractor. You have a significant risk of stripping the extractor threads if you use the CCP-1 on a Stronglight arm. Sutherland's explicitly warns against this combination:

After reading far far too much online about the history of crank extractors late last night, I was beginning to suspect this was the case. Nonetheless, it did work.
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