Originally Posted by
72Paramount
I use a shower/tub faucet puller on all of my cranks. I got mine for like 19.99 and so far it has worked well on everything I have encountered.
Yes, I've used those on arms with stripped extractor threads, or goofy stuff like early Lambert/Viscount arms with 7/8" x 24tpi extractor thread. Some crank designs don't make it easy to fit the arms of the puller behind the crank, though...