• Are you going to continue riding it? Only thing I found to get the most stubborn crank arm off was to ride it without the bolt tightened up. Was a square taper crank, the bolt was in but loose and had the bolt cap over it. I felt it come loose and nipped the bolt back up and sorted properly when home. Even so took 6 months of regular riding and last resort.

    If you know the feeling when a crank arm is coming loose then might be worth a go.

  • Thanks for the suggestion. I am hoping to reuse the crankset, so am reluctant to do anything which might damage the splines if/as it loosens up, plus the bikes in bits now anyway, and I can't get it rideable. Thanks for the idea anyway :-)

  • in that case, either shock it loose or heat. place a bit of wood over the join and smack the crap out of it. failing that, a blow torch but you may loose paint

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