Originally Posted by
intence
I'm new here, and tried searching/reading before posting. I'm trying to remove the DS crank on my wife's mountain bike, one of the chainrings has broken teeth and causes the chain to skip (unfortunately it's the smallest chainring, so looks like the crank has to come off).
Next time, take off the large chainring, then you should be able to remove the small chainring. No crank removal required.