Removing damaged square taper cranks - improvising and fixing a bicycle

2 months ago
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Fixing a single speed folding bicycle.
Cranks with destroyed threads for crank puller had to be removed - using some improvisation.
And a few other minor tweaks, including setting the optimal chain tension.

- Contents -
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Removing the rear wheel
02:49 Hub OLD width to dropout width mismatch
06:03 Cranks removal preparations
07:59 Removing the cranks - take 1
10:23 Removing the cranks - take 2 and 3
13:39 WOOOHOOOO! :) And right BB cup removal
16:10 Installing a new cartridge bottom bracket
19:33 Mounting the cranks
23:03 Mounting the wheel - "walking the wheel", chain tension
27:57 Lubing the chain

- Useful links -

List of all the BikeGremlin videos, sorted by categories:
https://www.bikegremlin.com/youtube/

Threaded bottom bracket standards:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/1634/bicycle-bottom-bracket-standards-explained/

Bicycle chainline explained:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/1755/bicycle-chainline/

Left and right hand(ed) threads explained:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/3965/right-and-left-handed-thread/

Mounting (anti-seize) pastes explained:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/7172/anti-seize/

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