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>
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> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 15:20:45 -0500
> From: Todd Grantham <wtgrantham@comcast.net>
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> 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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