Same experience as Neill. A mechanic friend was recently struggling far too much to remove an old crank arm. I stepped over to stop him from making an irrevocable blunder. He showed me the 2 washers and 2 bolts which he had just removed from the crank. I glanced into the open left crank arm and there was a SECOND washer still in the crank, stuck inside because of some old, dried, brown grease. Yes, same on both sides, but caught just in time. Perhaps just a cruel trick... but I think more likely it was to space out an ill fitting replacement dust cap which otherwise seated too far down inside the threads.
Bob Hanson, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Mark Stonich wrote: ""Please tell me I'm not the only one to try to remove a crank arm w/o removing the washer under the crank bolt.""
Neill Currie wrote: I was working as a mechanic several years ago, and the next bike up needed BB replacement. I removed the crank dustcaps, removed both crank bolts, and the washers underneath them. Removed the drive-side arm fine, but the non-drive was really tight. First off I checked the bench to make sure I hadn't forgotten to remove the washers again(they were there, on the bench), then I gave it one last reasonably strong wrench before resorting to the cheater bar. Something made me stop, maybe it was the fact that the remover was just a smidgeon further "out" of the crank than it should have been. Anyway, I found a second washer that I hadn't removed the first time. Phew!! -------------- Neill Currie Hillsborough Nh 03244 USA Bob Hanson, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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