If a Stronglight crank isn't on too tight, you can often get away with using a TA tool, but a lot of Stronglight cranks have also been ruined this way. I'm sure there are lots of people who have used the big end of a Park puller on Stronglight and never known it wasn't correct. Maybe it's a good thing that Park quit making those double-ended pullers.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
thelatest pr...
> In a message dated 7/4/03 8:40:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> joebz@optonline.net writes:
>
> << Do NOT use the larger thread on the Park puller. That is for a TA, is
too
> loose and can ruin the threads >>
>
> Thanks Joe, I didn't know that the Park tool was for TA. Sorry to all for
> the inaccurate advice. I'll sheepishly admit that I've pulled all three
of my
> Stronglight cranksets at least a dozen times with the same 20 year old
Park
> puller. I'll consider myself lucky that I didn't strip the threads and
maybe
> shop for a Stronglight puller for future use. (I love VAR tools, too.)
> Sincerely,
> Ed Kasper
> Detroit MI