Removing a crank... Crank removed; huzzah. Now for the Bottom Bracket.

[Punkawallah]

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Finally got the b*gg*r off.

I had a great deal of assistance from one of my clients who is a retired marine engineer: this was very helpful because I didn't really know what I was doing, but he'd been doing this sort of thing for 40 odd years, so he could tell me what was going to work and what wasn't, which really helped.

As an added bonus, he has a massive stock of stories which he tells very well, like removing a 6m diameter 5 tonne flywheel that was rusted onto a spindle in the bowels of a ship. It took a bit longer than this did.

Next step, the bottom bracket, and then the real challenge: the seat post...

Hurrah!

 

[VinSumRox]

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Finally got the b*gg*r off.

I had a great deal of assistance from one of my clients who is a retired marine engineer: this was very helpful because I didn't really know what I was doing, but he'd been doing this sort of thing for 40 odd years, so he could tell me what was going to work and what wasn't, which really helped.

As an added bonus, he has a massive stock of stories which he tells very well, like removing a 6m diameter 5 tonne flywheel that was rusted onto a spindle in the bowels of a ship. It took a bit longer than this did.

Next step, the bottom bracket, and then the real challenge: the seat post...

Is the frame worth the effort?