HOW TO REMOVE STRIPPED OR STUCK CRANKS IN 5 MINUTES!

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Have some stripped threads inside your crank or is it just plain stuck?! DON'T GIVE UP YET! I provide several different ways for you to remove them, depending on if you want to save them or toss them. I also show you a quick and easy way to save the crank and have it off in roughly five minutes! If you like to make your own repairs and want to save money, please check out my other videos as well!
Parts list of items I used below:
-Porter Cable 1500 watt heat gun: amzn.to/3iWH0j7
-Park Tool CNW-2C Chainring Nut Wrench: amzn.to/2RRv3zl
-Park Tool CCP-22 Crank Puller: amzn.to/32U7DQ7
-Pickle Fork Ball Joint Separator: amzn.to/3hTSBy9
-Saddle: amzn.to/3hVRIpO
Music Credits, check them out for free music:
-Slow Ska Game Loop Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

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[@rogervonschleusingen4603]

THANK-YOU MATE , SOME GOOD TIPS, STAY AWESOME !!

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi Roger! Thanks for the kind words I really appreciate it, please take a moment to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already! Thanks for the support!

[@bobcolavita9006]

Your Awesome man thank you you explained it in detail step by step getting the job done know because of you

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi Bob, please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already! Thanks for the kind words and glad to hear this helped! It really is a super easy way to remove a stripped crank!

[@dd4561]

hair dryer an interesting technique, I will try this tomorrow.

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi D! Please take a moment to subscribe to my chanel if you haven't already, I appreciate the support! That is the good thing about having aluminum cranks, they don't need near as much heat to loosen up! Plus if you don't have a hair dryer or heat gun usually you can borrow one or they are cheap via my links!!

[@markbowden1976]

Mate you are a bloody legend

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Thanks Mark glad to help! Please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already, I appreciate the support!

[@brandonpeeples7319]

Great video bro very informative.

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi Brandon! Thanks for the kind words, please take a moment to subscribe to my channel for more videos!

[@lchap]

Great video. I ended up using boiling water, as I don't have a hair dryer, not ideal but worked. Didn't come off the first time, bit of WD40 helped.

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

LMAO, sir you need to subscribe! This is fucking AWESOME!! Well done dude, excellent DIY creativity and I can't lie how did you hit the crank with boiling water?!

[@lchap]

@@D2WrenchWorksDIY haha, yeah it was a bit messy and not exactly ideal. You do what ya gotta. Poured out fine from the kettle, the trick was to catch it so it didn't make a mess and also not wash the grease out of the bottom bracket.

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Ah that isn't so bad! Heat is heat though, so great work haha!

[@junekatana78]

Guys I've been scratching my head with this problem of a stuck crank which I want to keep. But I've stripped the threads so in frustration I've tried bits of wood a small bearing puller but nope. I'll use a heatgun. You now have a new subby.👍👍

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Thanks June! Definitely use a heat gun and get it hot to the touch, use a small pickle fork and tap it with a hammer, it'll come right off!

[@musicgambit1]

Thanks man!

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

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[@Not_Sure_]

Great job man. Would you recommend using an air hammer with a fork ?

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi A B! Please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already! I wouldn't use an air hammer on a frame you would want to keep lol, you don't want to weaken the frame. It's also ALOT of power lol, using a normal hammer and some taps it came right off. I didn't use any real swings on it because I didn't want to hurt anything but it still comes right off!

[@jacobkarlin8003]

If I can’t get my crank puller to move, do you think I could use a cheater bar? I don’t want to break it. Also the little part that pushes the crank on my ccp2 came off when I pulled it out. I was able to snap it back in. Not sure if that means anything

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi Jacob thanks for the comment please take a moment to subscribe if you haven’t already! What is the crankset and model (you can find model inside crank arm, by pedal hole) you are trying to remove? The ccp2 piece you are describing is crucial to pushing the crankset off the bottom bracket. If it was off when you removed the ccp2 I suspect it was binding in the crankset and not hitting the axle of the bottom bracket. You can definitely use a breaker bar though, there are times when the crank is really on there.

[@Thrashaero]

Is it just me or does Park Tool have monopoly on tools for bikes?

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Haha seems like it!

[@toxicsnail4197]

Pedros

[@lovepeace7008]

Thank you❤

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

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[@hutlazzz]

thanks i'll try this technique brother

[@hutlazzz]

Omg it fucking work after 2-3 month trying, the heat gun + bashing the opposite side really does the job, thank hundred time and subscribe !!

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

@hutlazzz thanks for the subscribe and yeah I had the same reaction haha! It was a crazy idea I thought up and this was my first take EVER lol so I reacted the same way! I also did a great build series off this frame too, I know it's not what purists like to see but I got this crank off in 5min lol. Hard to argue with the results, heat gun rules!

[@hutlazzz]

@@D2WrenchWorksDIY counter intuitive for my smoll brain at first since heat expend material I though it would stuck even harder but it find his way out instead hehe... kudo to you !

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

No I totally feel you on that, especially being self taught haha but what the driving factor here is the different materials! The aluminum crank and steel axle from bottom bracket are expanding at different rates and the immense direct heat from the heat gun does it FAST to where it really comes apart with not much force. Well done on just using a hammer, I would add I bet you can use a long socket extension if you didn't want to damage the crank next time, then put the square end directly against the middle of the crank and hammer away!

[@Kwago1]

They should just discontinue square tapered and stick to splines.

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Honestly it's pretty difficult to mess up these square tapers to get them to this point! Unfortunately I think bad mechanics will always find a way to screw something up lol be it square tapers or splines. If you havent already please take a moment to subscribe! Also we are having a giveaway contest, leave ANY comment on the video below to get entered! Video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKqvqYOQlq6qn68

[@plumberboi]

what do you call that tool?

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi there, thanks for the question and please take a moment to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already! I appreaciate the support! This tool is usually called a pickle fork or a ball-joint end seperator, they also make them for tie-rod ends in the fork shape. Here is the link to the part I used, you can always find links to parts I use in the description of my videos. Pickle Fork Ball Joint Separator: amzn.to/3hTSBy9

[@t_rain2578]

Dude knows his $#!+

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Thanks for the kind words man! Please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already, I appreciate the support!

[@kevinc5555]

I had success with this method using a hairdryer, but only on the second try. My tips: - Heat it up, and then spray in WD40 and leave it awhile, before trying again - When heating, don't rush it, I did that the first time, but second try I gave it 10 mins and then came off fairly easily.

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Thanks for the comment & please subscribe if you havent already! Happy to hear you saved it on your own, well done!

[@sk8erfollrod]

Woooooh! 😂

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

WOOOOO! 😁

[@dmitry_something]

My god, 100% in my case it's stuck forever

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Don't give up haha, it doesn't take much force to get it off the square taper! Someone in the comments mentioned they didn't have the high power heat gun I have and they used boiling water. Keep at it man!

[@Aigentcy]

I bought the $24,000. press and it didn't work. So I'm going to put the whole bike in my oven and see if that will do it

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi Greg! A $24,000 press sounds pretty wild lol I would probably try a hi-powered heatgun like I did before I put the entire bike in your oven, especially if you eat from that oven haha. It only took me about 5mins to get it off and about 15min of preheating with the heatgun.

[@newsmonger77]

Couldn't budge the crank on My ebike even with the correct crank removal tool. Tried heating it with a hair dryer and heated the removal tool with boiling water sprayed with wd40 and it came off easily. Gentle heat is the key! 👍

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Gentle heat isn't a thing, I am sorry but it was clearly boiling water. I have no idea how a hair dryer is supposed to come close to the heavy duty heat gun I used and linked in the description, but if you do it just like I did it comes off in literal minutes on the first attempt. The boiling water suggestion by @lchap is definitely a GENIUS work around, if you have room for the mess and a place to do it. Also if you do the water trick, there is no need to spray it with wd40 after because wd40 is a water displacement, it is not a lubricant. You need intense heat and that just cools it, which shrinks the crank back down onto the axle.

[@thethoughtmaster]

you don't need a grinder, watch this :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpiufJuag5urd8k if you did want to cut it off a diamond circular saw tile cutter will go through it in minutes, you must let it cool after each minute so the diamonds do not strip off the edge, best way to cool it is to let it spin between cuts and it will pull cool air in as it spins. I cut through stainless steel with it.

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi Robert, thanks for the comment! In the link you provide the guy actually uses an exact grinder I have haha. I think he does have a thinner plate on there instead of a grinding stone like I have but really anything that creates immense heat will get it off. It literally only took me 5mins to get it off with heat gun and some minor hammering though, I had all this in my garage already too.

[@thethoughtmaster]

@@D2WrenchWorksDIY tile cutter is best but you don't need it, mount and wood to tap it off works well with WD40

[@veiantony4966]

Bro, I can't see what your doing

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Hi Veiantony, please take a moment to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already! If you watch the whole video, especially around the @6:40 mark it should all be pretty self explanatory. It is borderline impossible for me to film this any better on my own unfortunately, it is alot of movement hitting it with a hammer and I am filming with a phone on a tripod.

[@ricric9521]

that was 5 minutes?

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Did you watch the video? It took me five minutes, so yes.

[@tk_1888]

How do you remove the crank dust? I have these with two little holes. What equipment do you need?

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Thanks for the question Toni! Please take a moment to subscribe to my channel, I appreciate the support! For the dust covers I have two picks or a small pair of needle nose pliers. They make a dust cover tool for crank covers as well, like this one here: amzn.to/3ITJU6n

[@tk_1888]

Thank you very much for the quick reply.

[@D2WrenchWorksDIY]

Happy to help! Though this reply was much longer :) haha