I'm swapping frames and need to get my Octalink (few years old Deore) cranks and BB off one frame and on to another. I've done this before with the same cranks/BB and can't for the life of me remember how to do it - my crank puller just goes down the middle of the axle.
Presumably there's something I've lost which goes in there to give it something to push against, or must I have used a special tool? Is there something I might have around the house/shed that would fit in that space so I can use an ordinary puller? Bike shops are shut now and during the week it'd have to be mail order and waiting about.
ta,
Simon
There's a little "top hat" thing that goes in there to give the puller something to push against. I've heard of people using 5p pieces at a pinch, but I've just buckled them when I tried.
[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=5728 ]One of these things[/url]
are you sure you don't have self-extracting bolts ?
i.e. an "outer threaded ring" that goes on after the actual crank bolt & that you can undo against, pushing the crank off the axle
[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19226 ]like these[/url]
XT came with self-extractors, Deore didn't.
ewwwwww !
I feel all dirty now - posting on a [i][b]Deore[/b][/i] thread 😉
(mind, he did say he'd managed before but couldn't do it with extractor so I just wondered... )
5p bits do work - they buckle but they work
5p bits do work - they buckle but they work
I bottled out while I was still confident about getting the bugger out!
scareypants, you horrible snob! I know it's a shame they let the hoi polloi post on here, but you should take a leaf out of my book it and pretend you don't mind.