Timeline for Loose self extracting crankset
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| Aug 20, 2021 at 11:41 | comment | added | Carel | The pin spanner holds the cover over the crank-bolt in place. The crank is tightened to the spindle with that 8 or 10 hex. When untighening the hex bolt pushes against said cover to extract the crank. | |
| Aug 20, 2021 at 0:29 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | I’m Googling. 9mm hex bolts exist, and there are some applications in the automotive space. But they’re rare. In bicycles, I don’t know of anyone using 9mm for anything. No tool sets have 9mm wrenches. So, it more or less has to be 10mm unless the 8mm key fit really, really loosely in the bolt. | |
| Aug 20, 2021 at 0:20 | comment | added | MaplePanda | @user57888 Well, if 8mm slid through, then it’s probably a 10… | |
| Aug 19, 2021 at 17:05 | comment | added | Charlie | I tried using an 8mm but it simply slided through, I looked on park tools youtube channel and I saw Calvin mentions using a pin spanner or 8mm on mine there is no fitting for an 8mm. | |
| Aug 19, 2021 at 16:31 | comment | added | Charlie | Thanks, I will go try with a hex wrench, I havent ridden it like this at all. | |
| Aug 19, 2021 at 16:27 | history | answered | Weiwen Ng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |