[CR]Death Blow to a campy crank spider arm?

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 17:05:38 EDT
To: josephbstarck@yahoo.com, TADCPDAJD@aol.com
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Death Blow to a campy crank spider arm?

Listers, with all this talk about death blows to drop-outs, I just ran into a problem that is equally nerve racking. I recently unpacked my old holdsworth from winter storage, pumped up the tires, lubed the chain, then took it out for a spin. Much to my disappointment, the NR crank must have smacked against something during storage. I now have what appears to be a bent crank spider arm(s) as about 90 degrees of the large chainring rubs the derailluer cage for each rotation. Does anyone have a way or repairing this? Should I take a mallet to it or what? Any advice would be most helpful cheers,
Dave Anderson
Cut Bank MT