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transferring chainsets

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  • 16-06-2016 8:56am
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    Taxuser1
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    had my first go at transferring a power2max chainset across from my road bike to another bike. I got stuck immediately after taking the left hand crank arm off. I gently banged the spindle with a soft hammer but no go on removing the drive side.

    what am I doing wrong ?


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    godtabh
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    Not sure if there is a difference with say an Ultegra chainset but when I removed mine the last time it took a while to 'force it' out.


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    Taxuser1
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    godtabh wrote: »
    Not sure if there is a difference with say an Ultegra chainset but when I removed mine the last time it took a while to 'force it' out.

    I was afraid to force it anymore with the hammer but it does look like the FSA Gossamer simply should squeeze out. I don't have a bike stand so was trying to pull it out manually on the ground. probably needed a lever of some sort


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    Brian?
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    Taxuser1 wrote: »
    had my first go at transferring a power2max chainset across from my road bike to another bike. I got stuck immediately after taking the left hand crank arm off. I gently banged the spindle with a soft hammer but no go on removing the drive side.

    what am I doing wrong ?

    Put a piece of wood against the spindle. Give it a sharp tap with a real hammer.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    billy121
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    transfer my P2M crankset frequently between bikes. Once non driveside crank arm has been removed the chainset nearly falls out -was the spindle greased before the p2M chainset was put in? I reckon it would be difficult to damage the spindle so go with brians suggestion above and get the hammer out


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    godtabh
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    billy121 wrote: »
    transfer my P2M crankset frequently between bikes. Once non driveside crank arm has been removed the chainset nearly falls out -was the spindle greased before the p2M chainset was put in? I reckon it would be difficult to damage the spindle so go with brians suggestion above and get the hammer out

    Was just about to ask about it been greased. I grease it up every time I've changed mine


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    Taxuser1
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    lbs put it in so hoping it was greased ! more of the hammer it is then


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    clog
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    What Bottom Bracket have you on the bike, FSA cranksets with Shimano bottom brackets can be a very tight fit. A bit of force should get it out though.


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    Taxuser1
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    clog wrote: »
    What Bottom Bracket have you on the bike, FSA cranksets with Shimano bottom brackets can be a very tight fit. A bit of force should get it out though.

    it's a shimano bb30 - probably the reason then?


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    harringtonp
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    Taxuser1 wrote: »
    it's a shimano bb30 - probably the reason then?

    Mine mostly comes out easily but the odd time needs a good yank. Once struck straight with wood or soft hammer as mentioned above it's hard to imagine what damage could be done.


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