How to remove a mountain bike crank without crank puller tool, x-type Race Face self-extracting

[@HsiawenHull]

4 years later and you're still saving the day!!! You are my hero.

[@pablobasstb]

Thank you from the Very bottom of my heart. my wife will be relieved when the swearing stops.

[@alyiahjachelski7813]

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[@jamesyahoo4758]

THANKS YOU SOO MUCH! I've spent 4 hours messing around with my bike and I'm stuck at this point. After parusing through about 15 videos, all of which were 15 mins plus, finally I found a 2 minutes video, to the point, no BS, no uuuuhhmmm, no list of things I don't want to do, just sweet and to the point..You are the man. THANKS! A MILLION UPVOTES TO YOU SIR(

[@zachlittle1787]

Im on my second month lmao still waiting for my m20 tap to try the puller again sucks mental health decling rapid lol

[@Wayvee.]

My friend you are a LEGEND! I can't even begin to tell you how much time I've WASTED attempting to remove the crank sets on my project bikes, just to absolutely fail. Thank you for this video which is the largest game changer I could have ever imagined watching.

[@Slunqmusic]

I completely forgot this and I was the person who installed the cranks in the first place. Thanks.

[@petenewhall511]

And this is why I love You Tube. Thank you very much for posting this. I have been fighting this raceface crank for 45 minutes and was about to go after it with a hammer. Dropped right out, color me thrilled.

[@Mcfoxter]

Thanks again Kirk. I completely forgot how I removed the crank previously, which was by watching your tutorial 🥴

[@Bazza1968]

Dude...you just saved my ass...I accidentally did this on the LH side but didn't put two and two together, I thought it was just a dust cap and on a new bike done 6 miles thought it was just a slack crank. But when the RH side seemed to strip the threads of the aluminium crank using a conventional octalink puller my heart sank. I put it back together and the "cover" didn't keep turning so tried the 8mm and it pulled off the crank! It's an ebike with a 16t sprocket so no room to tap it off....thanks again, brain reconfigured!

[@shannonboroff1833]

Super helpful thanks! My 10mm extractor cover was damaged (misthreaded and pulled-out). I was able to use the park tool CWP-7 as a emergency fix. On the CWP-7, I unscrewed the small diameter inner and set it aside. Then threaded the larger diameter CWP-7 piece of the tool into the x-type crank to use in place of my damaged 10mm extractor. Worked great after watching the video and realizing how the parts interact to extract the crank. Thanks again!

[@juniediaz7561]

3 months of confusion finally ive given in to the researching and you my kind sir are an amazing man thank you

[@kirkearl]

happy to help

[@BotanicalOdyssey]

You leave the cap on?!?! This was a huge help! Thank you Kirk!

[@antoniosantonios913]

Dude this is the best tip, I can't believe it, you are a bloody legend, can't believe it worked. Thanks so much. Thumbs up

[@scotthamilton1054]

thanks! i forgot about how that end cap ring is used to back the arm off the spindel. i will never forget now./// keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, keep end cap in, --there commited to my memory now! a brilliant design.

[@markusblock4204]

Thanks man! I couldn't find documentation for removal on my manufacturer homepage. It worked perfectly for my Easton EC90 Cinch crankarms.

[@jacknolan62]

Nicely done. I saw in another video the detail of the dust cap, but it was not emphasized like you did. Once I saw your video, I went back out put the dust cap back on and, voila! Thanks.

[@masonrogers4611]

Much thanks bro! spent an hour feeling like a moron unable to strip my crank.

[@scotthamilton1054]

same here and im more moronic because just 2 years ago i learned how but then forgot..

[@boblam4218]

Thanks a lots. ....was about to bring the new bike back to lbs because of creaking sound in the BB....and like you said....removed the "cap". ....and then scratched my head.....

[@charlieamos6640]

Thanks so much i had a damaged dust cover bolt .....it makes sense now how to remove the crankset thank you ! great video

[@mikearmstrong1796]

Thank goodness for this vid. My cap was missing so it would never have come out! Lifesaver.

[@TheMajestikGamerChannel]

Thank you so much for posting this! These cranks had me scratching my head too.

[@andy011264]

it was bit of a head scratcher,until now. thanx man much appreciated.

[@mitkoshredder]

Thanks,I pulled out mine before your video ended.

[@toneloke7489]

Saved me from buying a crank puller!!! Thanks

[@identiticrisis]

Life saver! Totally forgot how to do this....

[@daz_the_cyclist8961]

Thank you for your help that saved me a lot of time and head scratching

[@daytodaymarc9697]

Bro I love you!!!😂😂😂 my puller is useless and I found this!!!

[@patrickross2512]

Wow thank you this worked great. Thought I was gonna have to buy yet another tool.

[@braddevers526]

Awesome video thanks a lot , this video saved me a lot of frustration

[@poppa5289]

Cheers mate saved me a lot of stress 👍.

[@jamiechandler5218]

Thanks for that, you saved me lot of head scratching

[@danthurber2772]

Thanks for putting this out there, super helpful!

[@trailhead6882]

I was stoked to see this was for a RaceFace crank like mine but then realised mine doesn’t have the smaller internal Allen bolt to go through. Dammit... back to the drawing board!

[@IIIBigMikeIII]

Any chance you know what manufacturers part # that crank puller cap is? I seem to have lost it and am unable to currently remove the crank.

[@druiz127]

Will this work on the Raceface Prodigy DH Forged ISIS Drive cranks??

[@marcelvanosenbruggen]

Thanks man! So simple .... once one knows! 😊👍🏼

[@raymondmadsen3541]

Thanks kirk. Just whatI needed.

[@potsy72]

THANK YOU!!! Luckily I had saved that dust cover in my parts bin.

[@kevindeleon2228]

Damn. Thank you. I thought I bent my crank when I grazed a tree trunk with my pedal lol

[@gienry]

Thank you SOOOOOO much, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get them out but I saw this and felt like and idiot hahah

[@danshady09]

and what if i dont have a 10mm cap?

[@cybermadz77]

Thanks Man 💪👍 now I got remove my Race Face easily

[@kevinbarteaux4740]

If I'm missing the cap will it still work.

[@keithbieber2502]

Thanks for this. saved me lots of grief

[@winnguyen443]

Great video Kirk, unfortunately my dust cover(retainer ring) won’t withstand the force of the extractor bolt, and pops out before releasing the crank arm. Damn!

[@ollegunas]

i dont get it. how does it pulls out using the same allen screw to tighten it?

[@bike4life153]

Pushes against the 10mm one

[@Justmyopinionlol]

does this work for Shimano octalink type bottom bracket?

[@potentialsoup494]

Thank you, saved me loads of time :D

[@grendel5341]

And what if I lost the cap ? IS there any way to dismount it without the extracting tool?

[@dayleabbott1976]

Cheers buddy saved me mashing it with a hammer 🤣

[@maxpain73]

Excellent trick.many thanks

[@RC-Jr]

hmmm.... I tried this method for the 1st time and it got tighter and wouldn't come off. I removed the "dust cap" off 1st with a 10mm, then removed to inner with an 8mm and it came of easy. I wonder why your method didn't work for me? I'm just glad I got it off, but still wonder......

[@deanrobertson1421]

THANKS, I COULDN'T WORK THIS OUT. GREAT HELP!!

[@dukenukem138]

This made my day 🤘

[@danielwoolcock7267]

That's all you need to do to replace the chain ring as well then 👍🏻

[@hillbillyhangover]

Thank you you’re the man!

[@PontusHanssonCm]

Thanks a lot man you saved me this time

[@MangoGRC]

Thank you very much, you saved me

[@RamonMendez-z7k]

So helpful thanks

[@joegonzalez430]

Thank yku so much for posting!

[@RussellTaplin]

Nice tip 💯

[@francomatico06]

mine is so tight i can't remove it,

[@rocoss1]

pls help i dont have that self extractor

[@garyduran1]

Thank you so much

[@eysikal]

thanks guy. quite helpful

[@Landon_Chrud]

Oh, well, that seems really simple and i figured that, but i ain't got a disk cover. So got any ways for that

[@keithandruthbrooks4616]

When trying this, the inner bolt backed all the way out through the puller cap (dust cap) and sheared off its 10mm head leaving the sleeve inside the crank arm covering all the threads. This likely due to crank and spindle stuck together. Now can't put a new puller cap on to retry. 😂

[@ShadowlordDio]

that why ou have to cover all the stuff in WD$= before extracting those cranks. sometimes is like they are welded lol. now you can take out the inner bolt and then cut the rest of the cap with a dremel carefully.

[@ronaldoq677]

Your genius men👍

[@emberrhynne]

Thank you!

[@kacperkasperczyk4560]

it helped so much...

[@Tetnix]

Thanks man!

[@themtbexplorer2180]

Thanks alot!!

[@Shedtune_Russ]

Cheers... helped loads

[@BushmanCanuck]

Perfect thanks!

[@Leon-sg]

Still can’t get mine out

[@iConviicted]

AMAZING YES THANK YOU!

[@sheadleeful]

Thanks!

[@jamesklark6562]

This doesn't work with mine

[@xedge1757]

cheers ya legend

[@Meehifff]

Thanks man

[@OlTrailDog]

cool!

[@PalithaPathiratne-zj7ig]

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[@asparagusrose1]

this did not work. There is no inside hex bolt

[@kirkearl]

You must have a different crank that isn't an x-type Race Face. This method is not for all cranks.

[@SappharY]

Thanks! #themoreyouknow

[@kirkearl]

sorry I don't

[@gangstaloadederetloolyurfa3748]

Satisfying 👉

[@alanbarrett1659]

Many thanks. Fair play to you.