Green is direction of opposite crank. Am I doing the right direction? Any tips. Been at it for half an hour.
by haveyouanywooll
Green is direction of opposite crank. Am I doing the right direction? Any tips. Been at it for half an hour.
by haveyouanywooll
5 Comments
Direction is ok. Are you shure there is no washer in the crank. Some axles (hollow) also need a small insert tool
Opposite way, righty tighty, good trick is if you can stand on pedal on the step at the door with one foot and push down on spanner with other foot.
Looks correct to me. The idea is that after threading in the black external part, you then “screw” the shiny inner part so that it starts pushing against the axle.
What I’d do in your shoes: un-thread the black part from the crank and see what happens if you just push the shiny part inwards: does it bump into something before touching the axle?
I have a faint memory of once having to put in a small individual socket to help the tip of the tool reach the end of the axle, and on another occasion, having to insert a coin to prevent the tool’s tip from simply entering the axle end’s hole.
The crank direction shouldn’t matter.
Assuming the black part of the tool is inserted correctly into the crank bolt socket (fully engaged), you then wind the silver part in which pushes against the end of the bottom bracket axle which pushes the crank arm off.
Have a look at this video from Park Tools:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPQyQnNdews&list=PLGCTGpvdT04SdAP5vThZlOInVsJ891lm4&index=4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPQyQnNdews&list=PLGCTGpvdT04SdAP5vThZlOInVsJ891lm4&index=4)
It’s a pretty good instruction on what the process should be like.
I suppose you’ve loosened the crank bolt already and are trying to pull the cranks off the axle? Screwing the chrome screw in (clockwise) will push the crank off – happens very slowly and might not feel like it’s loosening for a couple of rounds, but will.
Unless it’s Hollowtec, then you’d need an additional tool (or two single Euro cents).