Originally Posted by
corrado33
I've had better luck with the gear pullers than with the tie-rod end separators. I do think the drill chuck removers would work well if the distance between the arm and frame was small enough.
EDIT: As for the suggestion to use the crank puller as a thread chaser? No, that's a terrible idea. That never works right. It's very difficult to thread them on correctly when the threads are even the slightest bit messed up.
To each their own, huh? I've used a gear puller on several cranks, and it's marred each. To be fair, a couple of those were profiled such that they didn't have a 90 degree edge, which combined with the short lips on the puller, contributed greatly to the damage. They work great (with some minor profiling) for removing Campagnolo ultra-torque bearings, though!
The beauty of a wedge type puller (be it a drill chuck puller or otherwise) is that if the gap is too big, you can build it up with a shim on one side, since the wedge just needs something to push against.