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Old 09-15-15 | 07:46 AM
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If there's no evidence of a wedge (cotter) pin having been present (a hole through the arm's base) then you might have a Thompson crank. The RH arm is "fused" to the spindle. It won't come off. Instead you remove the spindle from the BB from the HR side to access the bearings. The LH side would be much like any common cottered crank. But with only the one photo we can't really say. Andy.

I see that the OP was able to remove the arm. Good!

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