Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
What tool were you using when this happened? [snip]
I have a Stein Stronglight puller and tried that first. In fact, I bought the Stein specifically to pull that particular Stronglight crank. Thank God I proceeded sloooowly and carefully and stopped at the first sign of threads stripping. I then used the TA-compatible side of the older Park two-sided tool, and that worked with no further harm done. It makes no sense, and it should not have been the case, but it was. I chalk it up to the French being, well, French. C'est le vie, and all that.