How To Remove Mountain Bike Crankset
This video shows how to remove an old crankset on a mountain bike and install a new one.
How to remove mountain bike crankset. Cranks two crank arms are mounted either side of the from at 180 degrees to each other connected by an axle the axle is threaded through the bottom bracket bb screwed into the frame s bb shell located at the meeting point of the seat tube and down tube. Not all cranks have these pinch bolts. With the proper tools anyone can do this. The method in this video will not work for all mountain bikes just those with built in self.
For this type of crank you also need to remove the plastic pre load screw on the left or non drive side of the bike. Closing our mountain bike crankset reviews list is the mowa five xc mtb mountain bike triple crankset. This particular crankset comes with crank arm length ranging from 170 to 175. Yes you can remove a bike crank without using a crank puller.
I will learn how. Step by step guide how to remove crankset without puller. The 2 bolt design is for shimano cranks. This makes it a versatile model that can be used on a variety of bikes by different riders.
Remove the cranks from the bicycle and then the chain rings from the cranks. The cranks attach to the bicycle at the bottom bracket and have a set of two to three chain rings on the right hand side crank. If your crank doesn t skip this step. Giant uses shimano and sram component groups depending on the bike and its purpose.
This video shows how to remove a crank arm without a tool on an xtype race face mountain bike crank. You want to avoid hand injuries. Step 1 the first thing you need to do to remove a bicycle crank without a puller is to have protection on your hands.