Author Topic: Help Required!!! (Read 1370 times)

hokuspokus74 · « **on:** March 05, 2014, 12:33 AM »

I started to build one of my bike,i but the BB in and now the drive side crank arm is stuck,i cant get the feckin thing off,was ready to smash the frame to bits,has it happened to you guys if so how did you remove it.

i tried wd40 on it twice but no joy

graham

NORTY40 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2014, 12:35 AM »

What crank is it Graham ? Square taper BB ?

hokuspokus74 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2014, 12:42 AM »

Yeah joffy it is,and its a screw in BB,bloody sweat was lashing off me trying to get it off lol

NORTY40 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2014, 12:49 AM »

Quote from: hokuspokus74 on March 05, 2014, 12:42 AM

Yeah joffy it is,and its a screw in BB,bloody sweat was lashing off me trying to get it off lol

Stop what your doing before you damage it and go and buy one of these ......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIKE-HAND-Crank-Extractor-Tool-Removes-Cranks-From-Square-Taper-BBs-BRAND-NEW-/360615358613?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Cycling_BikeLocks_SR&hash=item53f659b095

Just type in ' square taper tool ' in ebay and pick the one you want ..... i have the 'ice toolz one' , believe me it will be one of the best things you will buy

Chain reaction cycles will have them aswell

hokuspokus74 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2014, 12:57 AM »

Here look at this link and tell me will any of them work?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/s?q=crank+extractor+tool

if any of them are means i can get one tomorrow and not have to wait on it coming from ebay,never knew you could get anything like that,thanks for that link joffy

NORTY40 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2014, 01:07 AM »

The £5.99 X tools one at Chain Reaction will do the job Graham

Just make sure you screw it into the crank arm threads as far as it will go ....... otherwise you risk pulling/damaging the threads on the pedal arm .

Unscrew the centre bolt of the extractor all the way out .
Screw the extractor into the pedal arm as far as it will go.
Screw the centre bolt back in and that will push against the bb spindle and hey presto it will pop off !!

Happy extracting !!!

hokuspokus74 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2014, 01:17 AM »

God you make it sound easy lol ooohhhh and with that crank,the crank arm are hitting the bottom bars on the back of the frame doesnt do a full rotation,how can i sort that out.my first build and its a disaster already:D

fook think il retire from this :p

NORTY40 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2014, 01:24 AM »

Quote from: hokuspokus74 on March 05, 2014, 01:17 AM

God you make it sound easy lol ooohhhh and with that crank,the crank arm are hitting the bottom bars on the back of the frame doesnt do a full rotation,how can i sort that out.my first build and its a disaster already:D

fook think il retire from this :p

Oh dear !! ..... you ain't having much luck are you

Sounds to me like your BB spindle isn't long enough $:-\$

Im off to bed now to dream about you kicking fook out of all your BMX parts

hokuspokus74 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2014, 01:33 AM »

lol and that could just happen tomorrow at some stage,fook now i need another BB with longer spindal,the joys

stidds · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2014, 10:33 AM »

One of the most useful tools in your tool box is a crank arm extractor.

No more hammer marks on the back of the crank arms

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2014, 11:09 AM »

agreed. it can be impossible to remove arms without the right extractor. especialy alloy ones.

Jaan · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2014, 11:13 AM »

I'm not sure what my greater emotion is.... No I do, i'm laughing more...

"Sweat lashing off..." CLASSIC

hokuspokus74 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2014, 02:13 PM »

going to go and get this crank puller,i bet my luck it still wont come off lol
bloody alans in wigan sent me the wrong bb the crank arms wouldnt go round by the frame,am not having much luck at this carryon

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2014, 04:33 PM »

when it pings off, you will laugh, and in years to come look back fondly, and help someone else who has the same problem. its a mistake you dont make twice.

Jaan · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2014, 04:47 PM »

Quote from: oberonspacefruit on March 05, 2014, 04:33 PM

when it pings off, you will laugh, and in years to come look back fondly, and help someone else who has the same problem. its a mistake you dont make twice.

Very true, I can remember the joy of first using a crank puller vs a hammer...

hokuspokus74 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 05, 2014, 05:02 PM »

right i got one so i will see if i can get the bloody thing off,it was all new parts too and you think someone has welded it on,i might need to go to the gym and build up my muscles to remove the feckin thing

Gnarlyscoots · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2014, 05:07 PM »

Just for reference, put a little grease on the square tapers before putting the arms on buddy

hokuspokus74 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2014, 05:19 PM »

I will do gnarly,its always the silly basic stuff that i never think off doing,if my old mind was as sharpe as when i was younger i might not have these wee probs

Bigfrawg · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2014, 05:44 PM »

Hammer works for me every time , call me old fashioned

hokuspokus74 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 05, 2014, 09:09 PM »

God That was so easy with the extractor tool,fan dabby dozy

just made life so much easier,i tried a hammer lastnight but never worked.