Originally Posted by
Catnap
i recently received a Stronglight puller from an eBay seller who sold it to me as a TA puller. I tried it on 3 different TA cranks, all with no luck. It's too big - it could probably be forced in, but would either re-cut the threads (if you're lucky) or destroy them. I wasn't going to take the chance.
You could probably sell the Stronglight one for enough to buy a couple TA pullers, or Park CCCP-1s.
In my experience, the official TA pullers have the TA logo stamped on the head of the 15mm bolt, while the Stronglight ones have a blank 16mm bolt. The Stronglight also has a shoulder on the piece that threads into the arm:
