Hey Todd, Sounds like you forgot to unscrew the crank bolt before you insert the crank puller, something that I have forgotten to do in the past myself. :)
-Patrick Doody St. Paul, MN
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Jon Spangler
<hudsonspangler@earthlink.net>wrote:
> Todd,
>
> Did you unscrew the inner part of the tool far enough (but not all the way)
> first?
>
> As I recall (and I do not have a puller in front of me), the outer portion
> of the crank puller can only screw into the crank arm threads when the inner
> (puller) portion of the tool is almost completely loosened (unscrewed from
> it, but not removed entirely).
>
> Once the crank puller threads are fully seated in the crank arm threads,
> the loosened inner portion is screwed in/tightened, which "pulls" the crank
> arm off of the axle.
>
> I've forgotten to unscrew the puller from itself many times on several
> brands of cranks and pullers, so i think my memory is correct... :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon
> in Alameda, CA USA, where it is about 35 degrees F at midnight, and I'm
> going to bed
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2009, at 4:44 PM, <classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org> <
> classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org> wrote:
>
>
>> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 15:20:45 -0500
>> From: Todd Grantham <wtgrantham@comcast.net>
>> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Subject: [CR]Crankbolt help please
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>> I am trying to pull the square taper cranks (campy) from my 79
>> Guerciotti and can't figure the tool to remove the bolts. I removed the
>> dust caps and am using a park tool crank bolt wrench (14 mm) and it wont
>> slip down over the bolt head on either side. A 15 mm is too big. What am
>> I missing here? Probably something simple (like me) but any help would
>> be appreciated...Thanks
>>
>> Todd Grantham
>> Fort Wayne IN
>>
>>
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