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  • Not just you. I had to cut one a stronglight crankset off a bike due to sripped threads from the self extractor dust caps.

    Buy a crankpuller and bin the self extracting caps. You can use an old spoke cut down and bent into a U shape - insert into the holes of the dust cap and twist to remove them..

  • That's what I did. I'm concerned the puller will also just pull out as the threads get destroyed once the inner pin is pressed into the bottom bracket axle.

  • crank pullers engage more threads, so less likelyhood of stripping. the story that stronglight threads strip is ancient though, really bad pr and form of them.

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