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Cupcakes
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I have a sram crank with an inner bearing race seized to it.
The whole bearing came out when I pulled the cranksets out the bb and then the outer race cracked and fell apart when I put it in the vice.
I’ve clamped this inner race in the vice and tried knocking the spindle out of it (using a block of wood to protect the end) and no bueno. I’ve also poured boiling water on it and stuck in the freezer for half an hour or so and then did boiling water again to try and break the bond but same result, no budgie.
I’ve got it back in the freezer to try again but any other recommendations greatly received.
I’m trying to gradually increase the violence/destructiveness. I think I could cut through the race but this might damage the surface on the crank where the bearings sits, could give it some fire but there’s aluminium on the crank boss and spider area and the crank arm is carbon so…