block

I purchased an Evo Tools crank puller to remove my Sakae SX crank, but it's not working for me. The bolt is flush up right to the end of the crank threads, and the pushing part of the crank puller extends past the crank puller threads. There doesn't seem to be a way to thread the puller on, the end of the bolt and the end of the puller hit together first.

Did i buy the wrong tool? Am i holding the puller backward or something dumb? haha thanks for any help.

dscheidt

Did you take the bolt out of the bottom bracket spindle?

block

i don't think so - i removed a nut from the bolt that's pictured in the crank right now. how do i remove the bolt?

dscheidt

If it's a nutted spindle, there's no bolt. (Bolts are much more common). There may be a washer. You need to screw the part of the puller with the male external threads down, so that you can screw it into the female threads on the crank. If you can't get it any further than it is in the picture screw it up and see if the threads run all the way to the end, and figure out if there's any thing blocking the moving part (with the external threads).

Bascially, you need to be able to get the external threads all the way on before the puller touches the spindle. You're holding the tool the right way. There may be something wrong with the puller, either your paticular example or the design (I'm not familiar with that one) if you can't do that.

FBinNY 

Many pullers are designed for bolt on hollow spindles, which are more common than nutted solid spindles. The pusher bolt on these removers may not be able to be withdrawn enough to allow use on your nutted spindle.

It's easy to tell. If your remover's pusher pad cannot be withdrawn at least 1/4" below the rim of the threaded body, it cannot be used on your cranks, and you need another, more universal, remover.

block

Alright, it looks like i'm off to buy a new puller tomorrow. This one won't extend any further than what's shown! bummer.

Thanks everyone for solving this.

Panda Bear

I had this same problem! Let me know what tool you get, I'm going to need one too.

AEO

it's not too hard to remove that stack at the bottom of the puller, since it's only pressed in.

mcgreivey

Did you unscrew the main bolt on the puller (you're holding the top of the main bolt with your thumb and forefinger) from the bottom part of the puller? If not, you should.

dscheidt

park ccp-22, or whatever they're calling it these days.

peripatetic

I can't tell from the pic, but it looks like the male part of the tool can be unscrewed from the part that screws onto the crank threads. If so, then remove that bolt completely, if possible, THEN screw the wider part of the tool into the crank threads. Once the tool is fully screwed into the crank threads, then screw the inner bolt back into this part. Once it actually touches the bottom bracket spindle, you'll feel resistance against the bolt, and you need to keep screwing the bolt in then, eventually needing to use a wrench or handle on it. Once you've "tightened" this middle bolt in enough, the crank should then pull off of the spindle, and you can just wiggle that crank off the spindle with your hand.

I can't tell from your descriptions or others's comments whether (a) this tool can be used in this way, or (b) you've tried it and it didn't work. Hence my explanation above. If you've gone and got yourself a new tool, disregard. Good luck.

FBinNY 

Catch 22,

I think it's a fair bet that if the male part can be backed off far enough to remove it, then it can be backed off the 1/4" needed to clear the stud on the spindle.

MichaelW

Best demonstrated with pictures. See parktools

Back off the central " male" part of the crank tool before fitting to the crank.

block

The male and female parts of the tool do not come apart more then pictured. I went back to the store and they agreed that that's a very silly design and switched the tool out with a Giant brand puller for free. That one worked how it's supposed to!

NOTE TO ALL: Don't but the Evo Tools puller, we checked with another puller in the store and none of them undo far enough to be useful with the nutted solid spindle i have.

Problem solved. thanks all

fietsbob

My older shop Park unscrews completely, flipping it over for TA or Campag and most everyone else ..

You screw the threaded piece in 1st, over the spindle of the nut fixed BB those things are solid,
then you thread the handle into the piece you threaded into the crank arm.