the thrill of left side victory…
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in a word: _fuck_.
now I still have to figure out how to get this goddamned crank off using asymmetrical force
thinking about it I may’ve just discovered why this thing was abandoned originally
the middle gear is kinda fucked (as in needs replacing - bad teeth, a crack) and if they tried to pull the crank and fucked up the removal _then_, original owner may’ve been all “oh FUCK THIS” and got a newer better bike, probably something with an aluminium frame instead of steel for lower weight.
this is one of those times I wish I had a… wuzzut called… rober press? big screw, pushes a thing into (or out of) another thing. that’d be good here right?
@moira Once you think of reaching for a gear puller, I would just cut into it with an angle grinder and then drive a wedge into the gap I cut to spread it open. Using a 3-arm gear puller on a 5-arm crank is not a really simple solution. It can work but once I'm ready to destroy it, the angle grinder is usually easier and more certain.
…and the agony of right side defeat.
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