Originally Posted by
jeromeoneil
That's what I was afraid of. It's a '93 Trek that was handed down from a long line of bike geeks, so it wouldn't surprise me if one got nutty with a tap and die set.
Tapping a crank where it's removed would be an... interesting task that would require a very... very large tap. I mean that's almost an inch diameter right? Do they even make taps that big or would that require a lathe?
(EDIT apparently they do make taps that big, but almost no-one would have one of them sitting around.)