Originally Posted by yannisg

Thanks for the response.
When you loosened the 10mm crank bolt where you able to remove the crank arm w/o using an extractor?
If that's the case your crank arm was really loose, and you were lucky there was no damage to the crank or spindle.
I have seen someone have to abandon a brevet in the middle of nowhere because the crank's 2 allen screws were not tightened correctly, and the crank was damaged beyond repair.
YannisG