If I ever start a band, my first album is going to be called “Tighter than hand tight”.Snow is good. great for doing snow angels. But impromptu ones like this are not the way to do it.
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To avoid the puller tearing out you really need to make sure its tight when you start to do up the puller bit. Not just hand tight, it needs to be tight as tight can be(obviously without tearing the threads from overtightening) So as tight as you would tighten a pedal.
I'd a nice set of Cooks Bros cranks in purple. And i didnt tighten the puller properly, so that when i started to turn the center bit i felt it begin to tear out. Bloody Blind Panic ensued Stopped, and didnt try to undo it, but took the whole bike down to the bike mechanics who worked his magic on them.
Lesson learned. Tighter than hand tight.
Damn fine advice btw. There’s nothing like that roller of emotions feeling something slowly moving, assuming it’s the crank coming off and then realising it’s threads being stripped.