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.
Cheers
A
pickle fork is easier to use and relatively cheap