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I took advice from members and purchased the tool for removing my chain wheel and and left hand crank arm.
I have screwed the adapter right in so that it will not strip the threads inside the arm. Now tightening the central bolt that now pushes against the spindle and will(hopefully) pull of the arm. Well, I`m no weakling and have applied about the same amount of pressure as you would when removing stubborn car wheel nuts( and you know how tight they can be) I`m holding fire till someone tells me that it is quite common for the arms to be extremely tight.
If that is the case, what next? tapping whilst applying pressure? use an extension bar on the socket set? bang the socket wrench with a mallet?
I gather I haven`t missed anything! in the centre of the tool (the part that goes on the bike spindle) there is a removeable metal plug, I have to remove it because with it in place I couldn`t get enough of the thread to do up in the arm. I can only imagine that that removeable plug is designed for when the spindle is further inside the crank arm?
Q.2 whilst I`m at it. I fitted new tubes and tyres to the bike around 4 weeks ago, the front tyre is down to about half pressure and the rear is down to about two thirds of pressure. should I be looking for punctures or do bike tyres loose air more readily that motor vehicles?
Thanks for your help.
Dave
I took advice from members and purchased the tool for removing my chain wheel and and left hand crank arm.
I have screwed the adapter right in so that it will not strip the threads inside the arm. Now tightening the central bolt that now pushes against the spindle and will(hopefully) pull of the arm. Well, I`m no weakling and have applied about the same amount of pressure as you would when removing stubborn car wheel nuts( and you know how tight they can be) I`m holding fire till someone tells me that it is quite common for the arms to be extremely tight.
If that is the case, what next? tapping whilst applying pressure? use an extension bar on the socket set? bang the socket wrench with a mallet?
I gather I haven`t missed anything! in the centre of the tool (the part that goes on the bike spindle) there is a removeable metal plug, I have to remove it because with it in place I couldn`t get enough of the thread to do up in the arm. I can only imagine that that removeable plug is designed for when the spindle is further inside the crank arm?
Q.2 whilst I`m at it. I fitted new tubes and tyres to the bike around 4 weeks ago, the front tyre is down to about half pressure and the rear is down to about two thirds of pressure. should I be looking for punctures or do bike tyres loose air more readily that motor vehicles?
Thanks for your help.
Dave