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Old 02-07-20, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Miele Man
A friend of mine had the same problem with an alloy crank and quality tool. He stripped the thread on the crank. I got the crank off for him. How?

I put 2 headset wrenches between the crank and the bottom bracket shell. Then I tapped a chisel between the headset wrenches on each side of the spindle with the bottom bracket supported by a concrete block. A few judicious tapping on the chisels and the crank popped right off. No damage to anything either.

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