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[Closed] Based on these tools, can you work out what I removed from my bike?

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Ok, so I used:
8mm allen key
Rubber mallet
2 bricks
A kettle of hot water

Can you figure out what component I removed from the bike?


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:05 am
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A hedgehog.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:07 am
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Pedals


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:07 am
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removed pedals - allen key and mallet

then you made a male camel drink some water - bricks.

then you had a cup of cocoa - kettle.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:08 am
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suspension bearing or maybe hope hub bearing.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:09 am
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Hardened cow pat?


 
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Not quite pedals, but close. No bearings, either.

Bonus points if you can describe the type.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:09 am
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My mate once fitted a bottom bracket with a table leg so I'm going to guess grips.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:09 am
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handlebar from stem.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:09 am
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Race Face x-type cranks if not pedals.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:10 am
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XTR cranks?
Square taper cranks?


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:10 am
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RaceFace cranks.


 
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S/T Chainset?


 
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+1 for RaceFace cranks.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:12 am
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Junkyard - lazarus

XTR cranks?
Square taper cranks?

Square taper cranks is correct!

Unscrew the bolt partially. Apply hot water to crank arm mounting hole. Rest bike using bolt on bricks. Take mallet to crank arm.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:13 am
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Garmin 'out front' mount? Or a bottle cage maybe, type planet-x carbon fibre.

What do I win?

[i]edit: gutted I lost. Where do you buy 'bolt on bricks'.[/i]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:15 am
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That's the problem with square taper bb's. You ride them day in day out through all conditions without ever thinking about them until 5 years after fitting it when it needs replacing.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:20 am
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I would have bought a crank extractor


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:30 am
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Thankfully, applying hot water expands the metal enough to loosen it. Until I poured hot water on it wasn't budging at all, and it wasn't even a year since fitted.

I stripped my crank puller when I first attempted.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:30 am
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In that case I would have bought a better crank puller and learn to screw it in far enough.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:42 am
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Yep, been there. Last ditch crank removal when you've stripped the thread out.

Wrapping a rag around helps before poring the water over.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:48 am
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Back when I actually rode/fettled with bikes, one would just clip in and ride gingerly up and down the road until it came loose.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 11:53 am
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So what happened to the hedgehog?


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 12:04 pm
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And did Gingerly enjoy it?


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 12:24 pm
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I'd have just removed the bolts & gone for a few laps around the block, the crank will've worked loose itself (done this a few times on cranks where the extractor has stripped the threads


 
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when cranks are really stuck you dont just keep winding on the crank extractor - even the best extractor will strip the threads.

you pre tension it with the extractor- then tap it on the rear with a deadblow plastic faced mallet , ive yet to see a combo that wont remove (unless its been pre ****ed with by the customer)


 
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Cranks can be tricky especially taper fit if they corrode on,I have seen an angle grinder used to attack them before!.


 
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Someone's kitchen you crashed into...


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 2:49 pm

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