Crank removal help

Edward Teach
Edward Teach Posts: 36
edited August 2009 in MTB workshop & tech
I'm attempting to remove my cranks.

I have a set of "Bontrager GXP Gigaxpipes 7050" on 2006 Trek ex7.

I have remove the left crank arm, but i'm having trouble removing the right side. I have looked at Parktools site and Bontrager site and I far as I can telll the spindle is attached to the right crank and it should pull out, but it is not pulling out. I'm about to take a mallet too try and tap it out, but I thought I would just check that I havn't missed something.

Have I missed something?

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  • bnamim
    bnamim Posts: 15
    On the hollowtech cranks which have the spindle attached to the right crank, tapping with a rubber or plastic mallet on the left spindle end should push it out. not sure if this is what you have.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    Have I missed something?

    Nope.

    Other than soft faced mallet.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Edward Teach
    Edward Teach Posts: 36
    Thanks for the replies.

    In the end took the frame with attached crank to LBS.

    They managed to removed it by -

    1, Using a mallet.
    2, A lighter!!!!
    3, and some kind of washer removal tool.

    What had happened is that part of the non-drive BB side (a ring/washer looking thing) was stuck on the spindle, the hammering with the mallet pushed the gigaxpipe plastic sleeve over the ring/washer, thus requiring the step a lighter to melt the plastic sleeve off.

    Well it's all sorted. No charge :)

    Now to carry on with the new bike build.

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