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dancing james
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So, after my GF has ridden her faithful steed for around a year and a half between bike holidays (flying) we needed to pack our bikes to go off on holiday. And it was then I realised that her crankset was a little worse for wear when trying to remove the pedals.
To explain the issues:
The drive side (right) crank arm seems to have a split/crack in the square taper. Not sure if this is age, or over tightening? It appears to be fatal however. :-(
And the non drive side (left) crank arm has a pedal stuck. After WD40, Plusgas, tapping in various directions and everything else I can think of, it appears the pedal insert is coming out, rather than the pedal. Is this even possible?
Lastly, her outer chainring also has suffered what appears to be a drop. As in the bike was dropped without wheels/chain onto something hard. The teeth just before the piece of post-it note are flattened, and have bent inwards.
Is any of this fixable? Is it all completely knackered or is there anything remotely salvageable? And if it is completely unusable what do I do with it now? Bin it? I would feel incredibly bad doing that.
Any help/suggestiongs will be much appreciated.