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I wanted to take off my drive-side crank in order to move the chainring to the other side of the spider in an attempt to improve my wayward chainline.
Unfortunately, upon removing the dust cap/allen key crank bolt thing (sorry not sure WHAT the outer cap is actually called) I discovered the inner threads are stripped.
There is a little remaining thread internally, but I imagine not enough to get a proper purchase in order to remove the crank.
I have googled this problem, and found several ways to remove the crank: my question is can I still use the crank after carefully removing and replacing it? I have just lost my job, have very litle money to spare and am unwilling to fork out on a new crankset if I can avoid it, but will the crank bolt alone hold the crank securely enough onto the square spindle?
Should I just leave it on, make do with a slighlty askew chainline and make sure the crank bolt is securely tightened. As its a fixed gear I do not want the crank to work loose and fall off with my foot attached, so am I being stupid, tight and downright dangerous? Please excuse long-winded thread!