Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Aka a pickle fork.
Available at Harbor Freight for about $10.
But you don't need elbow grease at all. Put the tool behind the crank and hit (not really hard either) it with a hammer. The fork is a wedge and will pop the crank off without much effort.
+1 , I guess it take the "old Mechanics " to know this and the right way of doing it .